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American Oystercatcher, fresh juvenile plumage. Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Nickerson Beach/JBWR Photo-Tour August 15-17, 2012; Only 2 slots left!
Nickerson Beach/JBWR Photo-Tour August 15-17, 2012: $999. Co-leader: Denise Ippolito. Introductory slide program: Tuesday August 14 at 7pm. Limit 8/Openings: 2.
I love Nickerson Beach in August. There are lots of fledged chicks around, and lots of adults feeding young. Lots of predation. And lots of birds flying around, many with fish. And mid-August on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (JBWR) is the very best time of year as the handsome young shorebirds in juvenile plumage are just arriving. A fresh juvenile Least Sandpiper is guaranteed to knock your socks off.
Join Denise and me for three days of learning and fun. There will be an introductory slide program at 7 pm on Tuesday August 14. Instruction thereafter will be in the field, in the bagel store, and in the motel lobby. Informal image sharing and Photoshop sessions will be held in the latter two locations depending on the weather and the length of our shooting sessions.
You can see a wonderful collection of Denise’s Nickerson Beach images here.
There will–weather permitting–be two photography sessions each day of the photo-tour. I will be in NY for several days before the trip and will be scouting the East Pond at JBWR. If conditions there are good-excellent, we will visit the East Pond on one or two mornings. If conditions are poor we will not visit JBWR at all. There is simply no way to know in advance due to the unpredictability of the water levels, unexpected heavy rains, and the vagaries of shorebird migration. As always we will be getting up early and staying out late. Breakfast is bring your own/motel lobby. Lunch is always on me.
With sunrise just after 6am and sunset just before 8pm we will be taking a nice midday break so that we can be in the field for the sweetest light. If it is cloudy we will stay out longer in the mornings and head to the beach earlier in the afternoons. We will be visiting Nickerson Beach every late afternoon. If we opt to head out to the beach at Nickerson before the gates re-open at 5 or 6pm each vehicle will need to come up with the $30 entrance fee. Car-pooling reduces the impact of this fee.
For best results at JBWR you may want to get down on the ground but sitting behind your lowered tripod is an excellent option. In either case we will be getting wet and muddy at JBWR and sandy and possibly wet at Nickerson. There are often big rain pools for the skimmers to practice their skimming; walking in the water is often a big advantage. Recommended gear: a tripod-mounted telephoto lens of 500mm or more with teleconverters and a hand held flight lens. We have some Canon long glass available for rent on this Photo-Tour. Please e-mail for details or with a specific request.
Unless you are an immediate local you will want to stay with the group at the Best Western Mill River Manor, 173 Sunrise Highway, Rockville Centre, NY, 11570.(516) 678-1300.
Happy campers only please :). Before committing please read our deposit and cancellation policies here. To register call Jim or Jennifer at 863-692-0906 with your credit card in hand to leave your $200 non-refundable deposit. If no answer please leave a message and we will get back to you. On weekends or evening before 9:30pm eastern time please call me at 863-692-2806. Upon paying your deposit you will be asked to fill out the forms here and return them with your check. Payment in full via check is due immediately. Please make your check out to “Arthur Morris” and send it to us by regular mail/US Post Office to Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART, PO Box 7245, Indian Lake Estates, FL 33855.
I have no idea if this trip will sell out in two days or if we will go with only one or two folks. Note: All BAA trips run with a single registrant unless stated otherwise in advance for specialty trips. But I do know that both Denise and I will do our best to provide you with a quality educational experience filled with great photographic opportunities. To see a just a very few of the things that you will learn on this Photo-Tour, see the caption below each image.
I hope that you can join us.
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Black Skimmers, pre-dawn flock blur, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn to create pleasing blurs.
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American Oystercatcher with chick, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn to create pleasing juxtapositions.
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American Oystercatcher, screaming display, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn to capture dramatic action.
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American Oystercatcher,fresh juvenile in flight, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn how to make the birds fly towards you.
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American Oystercatchers, flight courtship display, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn to get the right exposure every time even with black and white subjects in bright sun.
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Black Skimmer, fresh juvenile staring right down the lens barrel, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn everything you need to know about head angle.
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Black Skimmer, adult in flight with wings raised, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn the basics of flight photography and wing position.
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Black Skimmer, immature skimming, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn to see the situation and understand the relationship between wind and flight photography.
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Black Skimmer, fresh juvenile plumage with bill open, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn about choosing your perspective.
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Black Skimmer, adult with ballyhoo for chick, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn when to cut not clip.
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Black Skimmer, adult with Atlantic Spearing (silversides) for chick, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn to make sharp images with teleconverters, even with the 2X TCs.
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Canada Goose flapping, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. |
Join this IPT: learn when to go after the common subjects.
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Common Tern flock, sunset blastoff: “Bosque at the Beach,”. Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn to see the situation and understand the relationship between wind and light.
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Common Tern, fledged chick with fill flash, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn to use fill flash effectively.
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Common Tern, adult screaming in flight, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn to get the right exposure in white sky conditions.
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Common Tern, sunset silhouette, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn to avoid burning the red channel when creating silhouettes.
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Common Tern with pipefish for young, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn when and why to hold the shutter button down.
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Common Tern in flight with sand lance for young, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn long lens on a tripod flight techniques.
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Common Tern on ground with sand lance for young, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn to frame your images properly when the situation arises.
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Great Black-backed Gull eating skimmer fledgling, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn how to approach birds with prey items.
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Great Black-backed Gull flapping after bath, silhouette, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn to choose the best perspective and avoid merges.
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Great Black-backed Gull fresh juvenile calling, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY |
Join this IPT: learn to set up with the ideal subject to imaging plane orientation.
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Semipalmated Sandpiper, worn, molting adult. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. |
Join this IPT: learn how to age and identify the common shorebird species.
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Semipalmated Sandpiper, fresh juvenal plumage, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY. |
Join this IPT: learn to identify the juvenile shorebirds and learn why it is easier to approach them than to get close to the adults. And learn when to include complete reflections in your images and when not to.
