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If the sale comes through, I should have one later next week. Rest assured I'll compare it carefully with the other lenses and report back. The eye was too small to be tracked - these are the tiniest of crops.
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josephandrews222
I Shot the Sheriff, but I Did Not Shoot the Deputy
These two images were acquired 26 seconds apart.
A couple of things come to mind.
It is December here in the midwest USA--winter is coming (actually...late?!).
We have some sort of tree that has berries in the late summer-fall (I think I've got the seasons right...sometimes it seems like it has berries at other times but my wife disagrees (wink emoji).
When the tree has (literally) thousands of berries...I seldom see cardinals (male or female) nibbling on berries. They have other sources of food then?
Now when it seems that there's no more than a couple of dozen berries left on the entire tree...this particular female cardinal has LOTS of patience trying to get whatever is left (makes for nice photo opportunities).
The second of these two images...she's fluffed up her feathers. I read on the 'net that birds do this to aid in their insulation. Is this true? And how do they do this? I can see manipulating wing feathers...by moving wings. But what about other feathers?
If I could make what is left of my hairline fluffier I'd do it in a minute! Sadly...
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A Merlin has captured another bird for lunch.
EOS R5 + RF 100-500mm. Even in shadow, eye AF seems to work fine and keeprs are definitely up.
EOS R5 + RF 100-500mm. Even in shadow, eye AF seems to work fine and keeprs are definitely up.
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Fortunately we don't have song birds here this time of year and when they are around, this guy goes deep into the mountains. He was satisfied with a sparrow today.
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There is a handsome Sparrowhawk that uses my bird feeder as bait. The tits (chickadees) reside on the feeder for milliseconds but the finches sit there for minutes on end. And, I worry about them.
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It's photo's like this that convey the mood and atmosphere of a flock of birds scurrying off at some movement or sound... I like itI think as I age I'm regressing. Are these in focus? They just don't seem too clear.The upside is at least I've taken one photo in the last month.
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Jack
!Not every picture needs to be 100Mpx of razor sharpness
W.
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Put some fairly wide spaced sticks around the feeder. Or soccer goal net on one side in two layers. As long as openings are smaller than predator's wingspan but larger than small bird, cuties are safe. Just look what sparrows do when there is a hawk near. All hide in a hedge and sing aloud. On the other hand, raptors get hungry as well...
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Wow, I was wondering if, just by chance, someone might reflect on this aspect of our bird photography. I was debating whether to post it but ultimately I agreed with you.It's photo's like this that convey the mood and atmosphere of a flock of birds scurrying off at some movement or sound... I like it
Not every picture needs to be 100Mpx of razor sharpness
W.
Reminds me of my daughter when she was 4 and drawing birds; no mistaking her birds even though they weren't too realistic. They had character.Jack
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We had a Burrowing Owl decide to try out a burrow between a busy bike path along the river and a small maintenance road for the nearby ball field. I decided to try and catch it by the burrow a bit before dawn and got to watch the sunrise reflected in its eyes.
R5 600 II w/1.4X 1/60 : f/9 : ISO 640
R5 600 II w/1.4X 1/60 : f/9 : ISO 640
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We had a Burrowing Owl decide to try out a burrow between a busy bike path along the river and a small maintenance road for the nearby ball field. I decided to try and catch it by the burrow a bit before dawn and got to watch the sunrise reflected in its eyes.
R5 600 II w/1.4X 1/60 : f/9 : ISO 640
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josephandrews222
I Shot the Sheriff, but I Did Not Shoot the Deputy
White-throated sparrow below (a bird I think I see primarily in the winter months, along with the dark-eyed junco that jmeyer on this forum helped ID). I simply love the details that emerge from a decent photo (such as the yellow bits on this one).
These are (obviously) cropped images...can those with an R5 hazard a guess as to whether eye focus would work on one or more of the images below? An R5 is looking mighty promising to me these days.
I have an M6 Mk II that has eye focus...I never really tried that feature of the M6 II/100-400 II/adapter with birds as a subject. Since the virus ramped up my wife has been utilizing the M6 Mk II/11-22 combination as a webcam for her work as a yoga instructor...so I'm reluctant to fiddle with what is now 'her' camera! Maybe when COVID settles down I'll get it back.
These are (obviously) cropped images...can those with an R5 hazard a guess as to whether eye focus would work on one or more of the images below? An R5 is looking mighty promising to me these days.
I have an M6 Mk II that has eye focus...I never really tried that feature of the M6 II/100-400 II/adapter with birds as a subject. Since the virus ramped up my wife has been utilizing the M6 Mk II/11-22 combination as a webcam for her work as a yoga instructor...so I'm reluctant to fiddle with what is now 'her' camera! Maybe when COVID settles down
I'll get it back.
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I don't know whether eyeAF would work with twigs across the eyes. But, the R5 locks on to BIF when they are small and far away and there is a background. This Blackheaded Gull was all over the frame.
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