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BIRDS AS ART ON-LINE Bulletin #73 March 8,
2002
EXPOSURE CARD AVAILABLE!
CLEARWATER PHOTO WEEKEND
Product Photo copyright 2002/Greg Downing
The
ten-panel laminated Pocket Guide to Evaluative Metering
was delivered from FastMark last week. The print job was
spectacular and the laminating is way cool. The back of
this guide features 60 representative natural history
photographs accompanied by the suggested exposure compensations;
the front of the card offers a wealth of informative
text. The whole thing folds neatly to fit in your pocket. Since
the publication of "The Art of Bird Photography," many have
turned to BIRDS AS ART to learn how to use their camera's
evaluative metering system and countless folks have begged us to
offer a guide that would feature numerous examples. We had
originally though of using just 30 images but as the project
developed we kept finding more and more examples that needed to
be dealt with and wound up with 60. Each image is approximately
the size of a 35mm transparency. (If you are one of those
photographers who has been carrying around a Xeroxed copy of our
simplified exposure diagram then you will be thrilled by
this new offering.)
This new
guide will make understanding your camera's meter and coming up
with good exposures consistently far easier than ever. Users of
all modern cameras that feature an evaluative, matrix, or
honeycomb-type meter will benefit from studying the Pocket
Guide. And that goes for folks using high bodies other than
Canon such as Nikon, Minolta, Olympus. Even F-5 (it's good, but
it's not perfect) users will learn a lot. (In general they will
need less compensation--especially less plus compensation--than
the users of other modern camera bodies.) Digital shooters will
find that with most high end bodies with fairly good evaluative
meters that their histograms will be perfect after setting the
recommended compensations.
Thanks to
the more than 100 folks who pre-ordered their cards; these were
mailed first class on Tuesday March 5.
To order your copy (or copies--the Exposure Cards make great
gifts), please send a check made out to "Arthur Morris" for
$20.95 ($19.95 plus a buck shipping) each to: BIRDS AS ART PO
Box 7245 Indian Lake Estates, FL 33855. Florida
residents please add 6% sales tax = $22.15.
each.
We now have less than 1900 cards in stock and are receiving
orders daily.
We do not accept credit cards over the phone. If you wish to pay by credit
card, please use Paypal by clicking on the following link:
CLEARWATER PHOTO WEEKEND
The Clearwater Photo Weekend was a huge
success. On Friday night there was an artist's reception at the
Packinghouse Gallery. It was the first time that I had been
able to visit and Joe Bailey and Lesley Collins have created a
simply beautiful gallery. You do need to visit when you are in
the Tampa/St. Pete area. Call (727) 596-7822 for directions and
info. The Saturday Seminar was attended by 63 eager-to-improve
nature photographers. The Sunday In-the-Field Workshop at Fort
DeSoto Park featured strong southerly winds and lots of great
birds to photograph including several spectacular Reddish Egrets
and hundreds of gulls, terns and skimmers. The Monday ITF
Workshop participants were greeted by fierce north winds with
gusts at times exceeding 50 mph and the world's tamest baby
raccoon that sauntered about on the beach for hours eventually
entering the water and catching tiny crabs. The gulls, terns,
and skimmers cooperated as well, and by afternoon the sun came
out and the skies cleared for a few hours. Just before dusk we
all got to photograph several Great Egrets feeding in the lee of
a stand of mangroves.
Image Copyright 2002 Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART
White phase Reddish Egret in full breeding plumage
Fort DeSoto Park, Tierra Verde, FL
Canon EF 600mm f/4 L IS lens, 1.4XII TC, EOS 1v
Fuji Velvia pushed one stop
Evaluative metering at zero in cloudy bright conditions: 1/800
sec. at f/5.6
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