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[AlanF]

Pair of juvenile Pied Wagtails who have fully fledged.

 

[Bert63]

Stilts

These are awesome. The legs!

 

[Bert63]

Eagle taking a break from fishing at Coronet Bay, WA.

 

[digigal]

Now for some awesome R5 picture porn!! These were taken through the window pane at my home of a little water fountain we have for the birds. I was using the CF Express card which resulted in very fast focus and accuracy. Was shooting manually at 400mm, 1/1500, f5.6, handheld using the 100-400 II. The first picture shows what the full frame looks like. The rest are 1:1 crops (~ 1200 x 900 out of the original 8200 x 5500). Catherine

 

[AlanF]

Now for some awesome R5 picture porn!! These were taken through the window pane at my home of a little water fountain we have for the birds. I was using the CF Express card which resulted in very fast focus and accuracy. Was shooting manually at 400mm, 1/1500, f5.6, handheld using the 100-400 II. The first picture shows what the full frame looks like. The rest are 1:1 crops (~ 1200 x 900 out of the original 8200 x 5500). CatherineView attachment 191952

The quality is what I was expecting, and it is great to see how well the AF is working, which is what I was hoping for. What AF settings do you use? I haven't used an R and don't know the range of settings.

 

[digigal]

For this I was using the full screen with the single point autofocus which I could move to place wherever I wanted it to start tracking. I had it set to Animal + Eye. The level of customization is fantastic so that every button I need to control all the important functions are all clustered around my thumb and forefinger. It's perfectly arranged for me to shoot effectively and is a dream to use.
Catherine

 

[AlanF]

For this I was using the full screen with the single point autofocus which I could move to place wherever I wanted it to start tracking. I had it set to Animal + Eye. The level of customization is fantastic so that every button I need to control all the important functions are all clustered around my thumb and forefinger. It's perfectly arranged for me to shoot effectively and is a dream to use.
Catherine

Thanks. What I was hoping for. I've bought an EOS R adapter in anticipation and my local dealer says he can get me an R5 by the end of the month. A lot of my old bodies will be on the way to buyers, with luck.

 

[Click]

Eagle taking a break from fishing at Coronet Bay, WA.

Very nice series, Bert.

 

[Bert63]

Very nice series, Bert.

Thanks Click - he was on a piling out in the middle of the Bay - I wanted to get closer but I had no boat..

 

[Cog]

 

[Click]

Beautiful pictures. Well done, Cog.

 

[Cog]

Beautiful pictures. Well done, Cog.

Thank you, Click!

 

[Bert63]

Owl at the lake..

 

[Click]

Great shots! Well done, Bert.

 

[HenryL]

Wow great shots Bert63, you even managed to get him to pose for you!

 

[digigal]

Owl at the lake..

Those are so beautiful --I'm just in love with owls!
Catherine

 

[Bert63]

Great shots! Well done, Bert.

Thanks Click. You’re always supportive and it’s appreciated!

 

[Bert63]

Wow great shots Bert63, you even managed to get him to pose for you!

I was driving around the lake looking for eagles and all of a sudden it’s “holy crap there’s an owl on that stick...”. I dive off the road and abandon the Jeep and start sneaking up right? Two small steps, take 300 pictures. Two more steps, 300 more pictures. I kept waiting for him to fly but he hung out for a long long time.

Finally another car went by and he flew. I got some BIFs but they were horrible.

So awesome, and I haven’t seen an owl on that stick sense and I go out there all the time.

 

[Bert63]

Those are so beautiful --I'm just in love with owls!
Catherine

Me too. We have them all over up here. You hear them more than see them but one night we were camping and we heard them and we went off into the woods to see if we could find them.

No such luck... lol..

 

[briangus]

Striated Heron at Sungei Bulow Wetlands Nature Reserve
EOSR and 400mm F2.8 mkII and 2 X conv