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Paramour on Pond Apple at Dawn
EOS R EF 100-400 1.4tc 560mm f8 1/640 iso1000
Great to be back!
In late 2008 lost job in banking crash and wore out the shutter on my 1DmkIIn. Recently retired, still had some old, but tried and true, canon glass. So I started looking at Sony's new cameras with trepidation(heard the converters are unreliable). Wanted to wait for 7DmkIII but I just couldn't. After 10 years away from this soul enriching hobby, I could not waste another fall/winter(favorite time for birders in South Florida). So, nerd that I am(did I mention retired Software Engineer), I pulled the trigger on the new EOS R despite the 5fps.
This image was created right at sun up. This beauty is working on his/her mating plumage as nesting season is almost here. I couldn't resist this opportunity(even though the distance was far) as the sun hit that face with shaded cypress as dark BG. This is a sizable crop and I have just begun researching workflow tools and processing. Very little done here in DPP as I was trying to comprehend Arash And Artie's writeup.
BTW, AF at F8 was sweet! I was in servo AF aimed at the neck as this beauty was looking all over and even tried some early displays.
As always, thanks for the learnings...