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[ISO64]

Thanks, I hadn't thought about that. If it had been shot sideways, cropped, and rotated, it might still look different from this, right?

Yes, if the original photo was taken in portrait orientation and converted to a landscape, while still preserving référence horizontal line. In that case one side of the photo, left for an example, can be read before the right one. Hummingbird would be an ideal subject, as its wing flap speed is just right for rolling shutter. For fun, try taking photos of a fast fan, dead front with camera in all four positions: up, left, down, right.

 

[EricN]

I've done it with a fan, and also can remember watching where the fan appeared to change directions as it went faster or slower. I've always been too slow to get a shot of a humming bird

 

[AlanF]

If it were due to rolling shutter both wings would be equally affected, as the bird is almost symmetrical left to right.

Not like this from the R7?

 

[docsmith]

Celery Fields, Sarasota, FL. R5, EF 500 II.

Getting to see Roseate Spoonbills is always something I look forward too on my trip to FL.

 

[ISO64]

Not like this from the R7?

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This is quite a puzzle! Not as much for rolling shutter effect but more for extreme banding bird's left wing. Uniform bands with period of 52 lines, in wing only, but not in the background nor on faint right wing!? Fifty two is not an integer multiply of 8 for jpeg abracadabra. May be you scaled the image and resampling messed it up. Is R7 really prone to such banding?

 

[Click]

Nice pictures, docsmith.

 

[AlanF]

This is quite a puzzle! Not as much for rolling shutter effect but more for extreme banding bird's left wing. Uniform bands with period of 52 lines, in wing only, but not in the background nor on faint right wing!? Fifty two is not an integer multiply of 8 for jpeg abracadabra. May be you scaled the image and resampling messed it up. Is R7 really prone to such banding?

It is straight out of the R7 in burst mode and just cropped with no resampling. Here is one frame from a sequence of a 6-spot Burnet.
The R7 can have problems with shots like these in ES mode.

 

[EricN]

It is straight out of the R7 in burst mode and just cropped with no resampling. Here is one frame from a sequence of a 6-spot Burnet.
The R7 can have problems with shots like these in ES mode.

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It's weird, but interesting to see

By the way, we sometimes mention invasive species. The state of Maryland is renaming a fish called "snake head" to "'Chesapeake Channa" because they want a name that will be more attractive for convincing people to eat it.

 

[AlanF]

An incredibly agile Wagtail was catching insects in flight then disappearing out of view or into bushes. Just once, for a few seconds, I was bale to get a quick shot (R5+200-800mm). I could then see it to be a Juvenile White Wagtail, just fledged but fully capable of feeding itself.

 

[ERHP]

Finishing touches on the nest. Really enjoy using the IS capability for some of these handheld shots.

R5 RF600 f/4L IS w/1.4x 1/125 : f/8 : ISO 800

One of the five little Green Heron's decided to hop/fly over and explore the nearby bank.

R5 RF600 f/4L IS w/1.4x 1/3200 : f/6.3 : ISO 1000

And a Wood Duck duckling slightly separated from the group.

R5 RF600 f/4L IS w/1.4x 1/320 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000

 

[Click]

I really like your series. Greats shots, ERHP.

 

[koenkooi]

During low tide the sea floor becomes walkable at the island where we were vacationing, which allowed me to get a lot closer and lower than expected:

https://flic.kr/p/2pPCg1B

https://flic.kr/p/2pPGSsQ

 

[docsmith]

@ERHP Love love the first one. Needs to be on a wall!

 

[dpc]

Lunch, finally!

 

[becceric]

Even though they're Wood Ducks, it's always interesting to watch them on tree limbs.

 

[Click]

@koenkooi, dpc and becceric,

Very nice shots, guys.

 

[becceric]

@koenkooi, dpc and becceric,

Very nice shots, guys.

Thanks, Click.

 

[docsmith]

A Sandhill Crane in a cow pasture near Celery Fields, Sarasota, FL.

Others here may know better than I would, but this crane had more rusty plumage than I typically see and was slightly smaller, but had the typical coloration on their head. Looking up juveniles, the rusty plumage is typical of a juvenile but juveniles also do not have the typical coloration on their head. So, a "teenager" Sandhill Crane?

 

[jmeyer]

While I've been away from here for a little while, I have been out shooting constantly. It's warbler season in Wisconsin! Last week, we had numerous rare birds come through and one vagrant. The vagrant was a Varied Bunting, a 1st state record and only 3rd time ever seen outside the SW part of the US. That was a pretty epic day and just over a year after we Had the Flame-colored Tanager. 7D mkll / EF 600 ll / 1.4x lll

Jeremy

 

[jmeyer]

The other rare birds for my area were Summer Tanager, Western Tanager, White-eyed Vireo, Worm-eating Warbler and Spotted Towhee.

Summer Tanager
Western Tanager