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    Laughing Gull screaming above head of adult Brown Pelican

    This image was created on the last afternoon of the Fort DeSoto IPT with the Induro GIT 304L/Mongoose M3.6-mounted Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, the Canon Extender EF 2X III, and the Canon EOS-1D X Mark II and Premium Kit with 64GB Card and Reader. ISO 800. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/1600 sec. at f/9 in Manual mode. Daylight WB.

    Two AF points below the Center AF point/AI Servo Expand/shutter Button AF as originally framed was active at the moment of exposure. Click on the image to see a larger version.

    AF Micro-adjustment via LensAlign/Focus Tune: +4. Tutorial coming soon.

    After I micro-adjusted my 600II/2X III TC with my new 1DX Mark II and gave it a trial run I was pretty much astounded by the results. Never before had I been able to follow flight and action at 1200mm... See two more images and learn a ton as usual in the Astounded By 1200mm Flight and Action Images...blog post here.

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    Excellent Artie, sharp and clean at 1200mm. I also love the frame with the gull standing on Pelican's head!
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    Quote Originally Posted by arash_hazeghi View Post
    Excellent Artie, sharp and clean at 1200mm. I also love the frame with the gull standing on Pelican's head!
    Thanks Arash. That one is in the blog post linked to above.

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    Looks prey sharp on both birds Artie. I also like the one with gull on his head. Hope you are enjoying the new camera.
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    Looks great Artie, especially for 1200mm. The ahead angle on the screaming gull looks perfect and the Pelican doesn't look to amused. Well done and I really like the one with the gull on his head!! Se ya soon
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    Artie at 1200mm that is incredible,all looks super sharp to me.

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    Lovely shot well focused and sharp - whites well tamed.
    I can't help but wonder if there is a slight blue cast/perhaps a tad cold??

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan Ashton View Post
    Lovely shot well focused and sharp - whites well tamed.
    I can't help but wonder if there is a slight blue cast/perhaps a tad cold??
    Well, the water is blue, but the brightest WHITEs on the gull's neck and the top of the pelican's head all show the R and G values 10-15 points higher than the B values. So I would have to say emphatically, no blue cast :) a
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    Fun behavior captured. Love the screaming gull. Looking forward to the gull on the head.
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