I wasn’t at Miranda on the Philmont Scout Ranch for horses, I was there for sunrise. Part of the pack herd, when we first arrived, they were down at the other end of the meadow. By the sun had started to peak over the ride, they had moved up to us. I was moving for the sunrise shot when I passed in front of the herd. The shot, was obvious and a no-brainer. The WB was already at 10k, Exp Comp at -2/3, I simply arranged the elements and made the click. It was fun but one click doesn’t make me a photographer of horsies!

I’m going to give mammals a whole lot of love this evening and we’re inviting you to join in! Mammals from big game to the smallest little fur ball are in many aspects more challenging to capture than the majority of our bird species. I’m going to cover everything big and small, from mammals to gear with lots of biology and field stories to educate and entertain. It’s free and open to all, follow the link to register. Looking forward to seeing you there!

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And I can still recharge it during the day with the same PV200 Solar Panel. The only thing I didn’t have in the tent to make it all perfect was a coffee maker as I know, the Bluetti could have kept it going too. Man, I love power, Bluetti AC180!

Simply put, ProGrade just took us to the next level and into the brave new world of USB 4. Their new CFexpress B 4.0 and USB4 CFexpress card reader are a very much appreciated time saver. While we won’t see the benefit of the new CFexpress card speed in our cameras, we do see the benefit in our workflow.

Speaking frankly here, if you make a couple of clicks and upload them to check them out, the benefit of the increased speed is something you won’t see. This past weekend in a tent, with the wind and rain howling outside and being huddled inside with my MacBook Pro uploading the days shooting on the ramp on battery power, the speed is everything! Working on just the battery, sucking down images sucks down the battery and the speed of the card and reader got the task done faster so I had more battery power to go through my images and send them out that night to the needed parties. That meant the next day we could relive the memories from the day before and plan on making new ones this new day. I’m very thankful and grateful ProGrade is cranking up the speed!