Eos7D mk2, How EXCITED will you be if . . .?

[ahsanford]

I'm sure mammals require more effort (staying downwind, etc), but I've never attempted to photograph them.

Mammals can be easy. They let you get nice and close sometimes. Just make sure any bunnies you try to take pictures aren't from Caerbannog...

It's just a rabbit!

Well, that's no ordinary rabbit! That rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!

Run away!

 

[Steve]

Even non-aggressive large domesticated animals can do some damage if panicked. I used to have a horse, and have healthy respect for the damage a normally docile 900 pound animal can cause. What is it with these people who get out of their cars to photograph rutting elk?

People occasionally get killed by beavers and mountain goats, too. Humans think animals exist purely for our own amusement and forget that interactions with animals can be deadly.

Thank God for hunters - without the deer season, there would be a lot more road collisions with deer. Also, hunters are a very strong lobby in state government, and thus the MO conservation department tends to be less subject to cuts than other departments, and the parks in MO are numerous.

You know what else keeps deer populations in check? Wolves and mountain lions. Those same hunting groups lobby to kill large predators for trophies. Wolves are almost extinct in the US now, outside of Yellowstone, Glacier and a couple other small, protected pockets due to hunting.

 

[Phil L]

A bit off topic, but...
Like most tourists, I don't think you understand how quickly things can go bad in the wild. Sure, black bears seem more timid than grizzlies but many animals may look quite docile and then the situation changes in a heartbeat.

Yes I've heard those rumors.

 

[Don Haines]

A bit off topic, but...
Like most tourists, I don't think you understand how quickly things can go bad in the wild. Sure, black bears seem more timid than grizzlies but many animals may look quite docile and then the situation changes in a heartbeat.

Yes I've heard those rumors.

I must say that I am very happy to not have crocs, alligators, and large or poisonous snakes where I live...

 

[jrista]

A bit off topic, but...
Like most tourists, I don't think you understand how quickly things can go bad in the wild. Sure, black bears seem more timid than grizzlies but many animals may look quite docile and then the situation changes in a heartbeat.

Yes I've heard those rumors.

I must say that I am very happy to not have crocs, alligators, and large or poisonous snakes where I live...

Hmm, I'd love to have them where I live. Crocs and Alligators make excellent, very detailed subjects. Poisonous snakes often tend to be the most beautiful as well. You just have to take care when around these animals, give them their proper, respectful distances, and you will usually be fine.

 

[scyrene]

I'm sure mammals require more effort (staying downwind, etc), but I've never attempted to photograph them.

Mammals can be easy. They let you get nice and close sometimes. Just make sure any bunnies you try to take pictures aren't from Caerbannog...

I'm afraid I had to look up that reference :-[

I have done rabbits, actually. They used to forage in front of a fixed bird hide at my local nature reserve. Feral British rabbits always seen very timid otherwise, though.

 

[Old Sarge]

I'm sure mammals require more effort (staying downwind, etc), but I've never attempted to photograph them.

Mammals can be easy. They let you get nice and close sometimes. Just make sure any bunnies you try to take pictures aren't from Caerbannog...

I'm afraid I had to look up that reference :-[

I have done rabbits, actually. They used to forage in front of a fixed bird hide at my local nature reserve. Feral British rabbits always seen very timid otherwise, though.

You won't believe that if you watch this: Holy Grail - Killer Bunny

Reference is to Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

 

[Phil L]

A bit off topic, but...
Like most tourists, I don't think you understand how quickly things can go bad in the wild. Sure, black bears seem more timid than grizzlies but many animals may look quite docile and then the situation changes in a heartbeat.

Yes I've heard those rumors.

I must say that I am very happy to not have crocs, alligators, and large or poisonous snakes where I live...

Aww... they're fun, you would love 'em!

 

[StudentOfLight]

A bit off topic, but...
Like most tourists, I don't think you understand how quickly things can go bad in the wild. Sure, black bears seem more timid than grizzlies but many animals may look quite docile and then the situation changes in a heartbeat.

Yes I've heard those rumors.

I must say that I am very happy to not have crocs, alligators, and large or poisonous snakes where I live...

That's what they want you to believe...

 

[MichaelHodges]

You know what else keeps deer populations in check? Wolves and mountain lions. Those same hunting groups lobby to kill large predators for trophies. Wolves are almost extinct in the US now, outside of Yellowstone, Glacier and a couple other small, protected pockets due to hunting.

Thumbs up on this post.

 

[jrista]

You know what else keeps deer populations in check? Wolves and mountain lions. Those same hunting groups lobby to kill large predators for trophies. Wolves are almost extinct in the US now, outside of Yellowstone, Glacier and a couple other small, protected pockets due to hunting.

Thumbs up on this post.

Ditto. It's so sad, the near total loss of certain species of NATURAL wildlife in this country. Significant parts of our prairies used to be very much akin to the Serengeti, with massive herds of Bison, wild cats and wolves, Pronghorn and other ungulates...now, it's all just a pale shadow of a shadow of what it once was...

 

[NancyP]

The enemies of cougars and wolves are ranchers and dairy farmers. The typical hunter, at least in MO, is after good meat, or a large perfect rack for making a taxidermy head to show off on the living room wall. We do have rare cougar sightings in southern MO Ozarks land. I am sure that the MO Conservation Department folks would appreciate a few extra cougars to help with the feral pig problem. Deer - there's enough deer for cat and man, with plenty left over. I would like to spot a cougar or black bear in MO.

 

[jrista]

The enemies of cougars and wolves are ranchers and dairy farmers. The typical hunter, at least in MO, is after good meat, or a large perfect rack for making a taxidermy head to show off on the living room wall. We do have rare cougar sightings in southern MO Ozarks land. I am sure that the MO Conservation Department folks would appreciate a few extra cougars to help with the feral pig problem. Deer - there's enough deer for cat and man, with plenty left over. I would like to spot a cougar or black bear in MO.

The worst thing is that there is still a lot of government sanctioned killing of wolves, coyotes, beavers, you name it. Wisconsin, for example, started a program to wipe out beavers due to lobbying from the trout fishing industry. The claim was maid that beavers and trout were "evolutionarily incompatible". Turns out, the beavers were ESSENTIAL for the health of the small tributaries in wisconsin wetlands that contained all the trout in the first place. Beavers were nearly wiped out, and the wetlands and tributaries dried up. No, of course, the scramble is on to reintroduce beavers and restore what government and man destroyed in their "infinite wisdom".

Similar problems have occurred with coyote capture and killing in many states, there have been obvious problems with the removal of wildcats from many regions. That's what bugs me the most...when man gets it in his head that he knows better, and government takes unilateral action to destroy the natural order and wipe out species, only to the destruction of natural habitats (usually to the detriment of humanity in the process) and even resulting in the opposite outcome they thought they were going to get.

 

[Don Haines]

Here's hoping they have a much simplified mode dial on the 7D2....

Could I suggest the following layout.....

 

[jrista]

Here's hoping they have a much simplified mode dial on the 7D2....

Could I suggest the following layout.....

Add C1-5, and I'd be happy.

 

[Don Haines]

Here's hoping they have a much simplified mode dial on the 7D2....

Could I suggest the following layout.....

Add C1-5, and I'd be happy.

Even better!

 

[Lee Jay]

Here's hoping they have a much simplified mode dial on the 7D2....

Could I suggest the following layout.....

Add C1-5, and I'd be happy.

Even better!

Wow....that would make it essentially useless for fast-moving subjects in fast-changing light.

 

[Don Haines]

Here's hoping they have a much simplified mode dial on the 7D2....

Could I suggest the following layout.....

Add C1-5, and I'd be happy.

Even better!

Wow....that would make it essentially useless for fast-moving subjects in fast-changing light.

all depends on what you set your custom settings to......

 

[jrista]

Here's hoping they have a much simplified mode dial on the 7D2....

Could I suggest the following layout.....

Add C1-5, and I'd be happy.

Even better!

Wow....that would make it essentially useless for fast-moving subjects in fast-changing light.

all depends on what you set your custom settings to......

Exactly! And with five custom settings, you'ed pretty much be set for...anything.

 

[Lee Jay]

Exactly! And with five custom settings, you'ed pretty much be set for...anything.

I guess I've never used the custom settings so I don't know what they can do. Not having them on my cameras could be the root cause.