This was taken recently. Had to use flash as the light was very low in this rainforest. Chose this crop due to many distractions on the RHS. Cheers.
7dii, 100-400@400mm, 1/800th sec, f5.6, iso800.
Paul, interesting bird, nice details where you got them, I wish you would have used a higher f-stop and bit more room on the right. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Tim. After posting I was going to edit my comment, adding in hindsight that I should have used a larger f stop...so it's good that you centered on the aperture and crop. The raw file does have more room to the right, but as the background was quite distracting I chose the crop as shown (instead of doing major photoshop editing). Cheers.
Great bird Paul and I love those whiskers.
I would select the BG only and reduce the overall brightness.
And to answer your question I bought the new 600 v3 on June 3. I was very fortunate to quickly sell my old version 2!
Gail