Rufous Fantail

[Paul Burdett]

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.

[Tim Foltz]

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.

-Tim

[Paul Burdett]

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.

[gail bisson]

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

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Exceptional looking bird nicely captured, Paul. Would have liked the feet sharp, but by no means a deal breaker.

Geoffrey




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[annmpacheco]

;Hi Paul, i'm in agreement with all of the above suggestions, and keep mindful of your dof, especially small birds, near birds... TFS

[Paul Burdett]

Thank you Gail, Geoffrey and Ann. I'll keep the suggestions in mind. Cheers.
Gail: v3 much better than v2?

[Colin Driscoll]

Difficult birds to photograph, so a good start. Now to see the classical spread tail open wings pose that shows off all that lovely rufous color.

[Paul Burdett]

Hi Colin. Yes... the "classical" shot is what I'm after. I do have a few taken some years ago but they're not good quality. All in good time..lol