Kim Hill at Pink Ink Studios (find all of her digital goodies here) has a fantastic action if you’re
doing any kind of studio shots. It really helps to remove all of the gray you may get
when your lights aren’t positioned properly. It’s super simple to use…and if you
don’t get enough ‘white’ the first time, you can flatten your image and run it again.
Here it is used on one of my shots where I forgot to move the lights for my ’shorter’
subject, Tucker 
You can find this action in the shop at Pink Ink Studios right HERE.
One of the things I struggle with when it comes to wildlife photography is catching birds in flight. A Flickr contact helped me out with some tips and I also checked into this article HERE. Definitely a good read if you’re looking to shoot anything in action.
This past Sunday I set my sites on birds, any birds. Even the run of the mill (often overlooked) egrets and herons were fair game. All I wanted was something flying. I did manage to get this guy in flight, darn near close to what I had hoped to accomplish! I’ve still got more practicing to do…but getting outside with my camera and practicing is part of the fun of wildlife photography.
Details:
Canon 50D, Canon 100-400mm f4/5.6 USM IS L
Exposure: 1/5000 sec
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 375 mm
ISO Speed: 500
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Metering Mode: Partial
IS on lens turned OFF
And, I’ll leave you with the sunrise I was treated to that morning
Do you Twitter? I do! I twitter about photoshop/lightroom and photography links I find, free goodies I find, and also random stuff. There’s now a ‘follow me on twitter’ icon/link in the sidebar of this blog so if you’re on, follow me 
Here’s some twitter links to get you started:
10 Easy steps for Twitter beginners HERE
Grab some free twitter icons like I did HERE
For more advanced Twitterers….
If you’re busy you can tweet later HERE
Get the desktop app I use to keep up on twitter HERE
Or there’s another desktop app, Twirl which is also cool HERE
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