Thank you, Click!Very nice pictures. Well done, Cog.
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Thank you, Click!Very nice pictures. Well done, Cog.
100-400mm II (+ 1.4xTCIII) + 5DIV is what I use for BIF, too. No complains. Just wanted to see how Canon mirrorless camera copes with it. I've had bad luck with Olympus om-d1 m2 + 300mm when I shoot BIF, but I love this combo for static birds. I guess Canon R is kind of the same story. And I'm also curious about R5.I've used the 100-400mm II + 1.4xTCIII on the 5DIV and it's fine for BIF - within the usual limitations of the 5DIV....The R has had a poor reputation for BIF, but the R5 is a great leap forward.
Beautiful photos, Cog! The mangrove spikes would be really hard on the AF to follow the bird. Did you use with animal eye servo AF, or MF for it?
Thank you! I don't often use this camera, I just rent it from time time from a friend of mine. I'm not sure if Canon R has animal eye AF. I thought it was the R5 feature. So it was regular one point Servo AF because the bird was constantly moving.Beautiful photos, Cog! The mangrove spikes would be really hard on the AF to follow the bird. Did you use with animal eye servo AF, or MF for it?
Thanks Click! You are supportive as always but I would like to get better photos of this one (and few others that come time to time to that place). There are many technical problems to get closer to the birds there (and maybe it's the reason why they love that place), and practically impossible to change the angle of shooting. I was not able to follow the bird after taking off because the brush left of me (but it was doing +/- good hide before that). With the heat haze from the water it's also hard - these birds are not necessarily staying there during the "winter" season (August and usually the first half of September are the hottest here)...Beautiful series, ISv.
Just for fun. Horrible quality and taken from a mile away.
Crab - it's what's for dinner.
WOW! Mile away?!!!!
- Alan, I like your photos better than your mat despite both are top... Great shots (mat is boring)!Went out to find the Little Grebe chick catching fish, this time fully armed with 700mm. And I was able to get pretty close to this small bird.
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bhf3737 - I like your shots but I have some problems with the ID: these two species are really hard (if hard is enough!) but in generally the Lesser Yellowlegs have dark bill from the base to the point (or almost). From your photos I see bills lighter at the base (actually almost 1/2 of the bill) what is a feature of the Greater Yellow legs. The bill itself is kind of longer than one the Lessers will have - the Greaters have it. The slightly uplifted bill of the Greaters is not always seen! Good feature is the size of the bird if you can compare it with something (not helping in this case, except you did measure the size of the stones around). If I'm right and you have the Greater Yellowlegs - I'm really jellos: these are very rare vagrants here... I'm not sure I will see one in my lifespan!Shots from last weekend two different locations. (EOS-R + Sigma 60-600mm).
A lesser yellowlegs sandpiper flying away.
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And another two searching for food.
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What does "mat" mean? (In my limited vocabulary, mat is something to wipe my feet on).- Alan, I like your photos better than your mat despite both are top... Great shots (mat is boring)!