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Hi Jack.
Wow, birds with colour that aren't a woodpecker in your neck of the woods. Spring?
You cannot deny that is a great action shot even if you think the light is poor!

Cheers, Graham.

Jack Douglas said:
Well, today I've tried to get my two 600EX-RT's set up for some fill but this shot was yesterday. Not great but better than I've been getting lately.

Jack
 
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ethanz said:
With all your focus problems Jack, if you want, I can take that 400 off your hands, so you don't have so much to worry about. ;)

Thanks Graham. The redpolls are a winter bird that travels in small flocks and likes to eat seed of the ground, but spring birds are arriving now.

Ethanz, I'm not down on the lens. Jury is still out on the camera although I seem to have some consistency of late with my AFMA.

Jack
 
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Mikehit said:
Nice shot, Jack.
Clone out the twig on the right and add a bit of clarity (I also find the dehaze in LR can work wonders) and it will being it up a level.

Thanks, easy to do, I'll try when I have some spare time. One day of playing with fill flash X2 and I'm once again reminded that back lighting certainly provides challenges that need to be addressed. Any way of getting more than one shot with hss from the 1DX2 with 600EX-RT's?

Jack
 
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Sitting on the rocks in the mud along the river here in San Diego and one of the nesting pair of Osprey's touched down for a little talon cleaning session. Pretty sure this is the male from last year based on the placement of a spot in the eye but in any event I was very happy he decided to take off mostly towards the setting sun.
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1DX MK II / 600 II w/1.4X III 1/2500 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000
 
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ERHP said:
Sitting on the rocks in the mud along the river here in San Diego and one of the nesting pair of Osprey's touched down for a little talon cleaning session. Pretty sure this is the male from last year based on the placement of a spot in the eye but in any event I was very happy he decided to take off mostly towards the setting sun.
1DX MK II / 600 II w/1.4X III 1/2500 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000
Lovely shot!
 
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