7D Mark II Little Blue Heron

[Arthur Morris]

This image was created on the cloudy almost-bright morning of October 8, 2014 at Indian Lake Estates with the Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens and a beta version of the Canon EOS 7D Mark II . ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop as framed: 1/320 sec. at f/5.6 in Manual mode.

65-point Automatic Selection/AI Servo/Rear Focus AF activated an array of three sensors on the bird’s face and were of course actively tracking the subject at the moment of exposure. Click here to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version.

From the Sequoia with the lens supported by the BLUBB (my custom-designed, hand made Big Lens Ultimate Bean Bag). When working on a beanbag with a long lens and re-composing be absolutely sure that the focusing ring does not rest on the beanbag lest you throw off accurate focus when re-composing.

Immature Little Blue Heron hunting. This JPEG represents the optimized image.

See a few more 7D II Images and learn more about the 65-point Automatic Selection AF Area Selection Mode and read about my early experiences with a beta version of the 7D II here and here.

[Bob Pelkey]

The slightly blurred right leg is very nice while giving the bird its sense of movement.

[Moe Ali]

I better get in line and order the 7D mark II. Hope you're liking it Artie. Keep providing feedback on this camera, I'm sure a lot of people are excited to get their hands on one. I love the idea that I can use my 300mm F4 with a 2x and still retain autofocus on the central point. Hopefully the noise handling is good, mind you I'm one of the few that find the 7D mark I to have great ISO up to 1600, and I even use 3200. So the mark II will definitely impress me. You commented on ISO 400 being on par with the 5D mark III and the 1Dx bodies. That got me even more excited.

Great shot of the Heron by the way.