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Vanquished at twilight...
EOS R6 rf 100-500 @451 f8 1/1600 ISO12800 HH, Manual EXP, cropped from horizontal (FF from top to bottom)
Sun had just set and was leaving the wetland when two males started a tussle over potential nest location (at least that's what I presume). I raised the rig with no time for EXP adjustment (luckily was just imaging a pair as the sun dropped - so close to alright for this situation) just as the loser was flying off and towards me. This is about the 4th frame in sequence with auto eye enabled. At f8 and further away the first few frames were way too busy with the pond apple stand closer to the bird. The couple of frames after this the bird was too close for the AF to track properly.Tried to handle all NR with sliders in DPP but added one round of neat image to the BG only. The powerful takeoff left feather down everywhere which was left in as part of the story.
Thanks always for help and learnings on previous posts.