I've been kingfisher-deprived since the beginning of covid. But, yesterday I found a kingfisher had moved to a pond where I regularly stroll by. Rather far away, but the 100-500mm at 1000mm gets some reasonable images. Stacking and blending in PhotoShop squeezes out a little more detail as they are at pixel-level resolution. (These are crops at 1px = 1px original (100%)).
I took out the RF 800mm + 1.4x at 1120mm (f/16 iso 1250 1/640s) on the R5 on Sunday to try it out on some very distant birds across a pond. A Little Grebe in non-breeding plumage was about all I saw, 30-40m away. The lens does quite a good job.
I just want to tell everyone who participates on this thread that I really admire and appreciate your skills. I am constantly learning from all of you. The images, here, definitely make me try harder. Thanks to all.
I think this is a Crow and not a Raven. Hard to tell without seeing the bird in flight and seeing the tail, I guess. I was about 12 meters away watching him enjoy his morsel of food and I think the bird was about 35 cm from tip to tail. Anyone know?
