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    Just before heading out for my hours, daily walk to check on the owls, looking through the kitchen window I noticed there was a lot of activity with two Blue tits in the last surviving Apple tree from he original orchard from 19xxx... Went I got back there was even more activity with moss, feathers and bits of grass being deposited in the hollow part of the tree trunk.

    Grabbing the bag hide, 500 with the 1.4 to give distance, I quietly waited on the patio. The 'mirrorless' is such a joy of the MK3, the only issue is, at 20fps you do rack up a lot of duplicates or end tails etc, so binned out ways the keepers because you get everything from start to finish. The Smart controller is super fast to lock on too and with everything you need on the LCD, it's just great IMHO and no fear of buffering. I'm shooting more and more like this, even the owls, who couldn't give a two hoots on any shutter noise, but switch to mirrorless and it just takes any stress away and all they hear are the bugs, beatles & pheasants.

    This is again, almost straight from camera, so please take this into account as all I can do is work on the histogram for exposure and numbers for WB. No eye work was done, just natural light. I've toggled between f/5.6 & f/8 so may go back to f/8. A little too centred for me in the frame, but hopefully things will improve.

    Thanks to those who viewed or commented on the previous posting.

    Steve

    Subject: Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
    Location: UK
    Camera: Canon EOS-1DX MKIII (set to LV Mirrorless)
    Lens: EF500mm f/4L IS II USM plus 1.4x III Gitzo tripod, Flexline Pro head, TC 80
    *Exposure: 1/1250s at f/5.6 ISO640
    Original format: Portrait, very slight crop from above, FF width
    Processed via: LRCC Classic & PSCC2020

    *Upped the iSO after to gain 1/1600 SS

    Note: The subject is fully wild and completely unconstrained. Besides the potential impact of my presence, nothing has been done to intentionally alter or affect the ongoing behavior of the subject and, of course, there has been no use of any form of bait or other form of wildlife attractants (including vocalisations) in the capture of this image.
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    Cool. Love the spotlight on the face and that eye. Nice and sharp where it needs to be. Good to hear about the mirrorless side's focus ability. Bodes well for R5 and R6. TFS

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    Indeed David, but also 8k video... how much space and processing power will that require if specs are to be believed?
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    Hi Steve. neat little bird, nice inquisitive look. I like the gnarly old tree but wonder why you did not go for more depth of field. Maybe too close and it wouldn't of mattered. Thank you for sharing.
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    why you did not go for more depth of field
    I have done on previous ones, but I quite liked the stance here. I also wanted to see how much DoF would bring to the tree or not.
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    Cool looking little bird here. Really digging the texture and patterns on that apple tree. Stunning detail as per usual.

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    A fun and timely project on your hands. Cute subject, and yes that tree is wonderfully aged and gnarly. I only wish the two freshly cut twigs matched that as well. Are these guys cavity nesters like our similar chickadees over here?

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    Thanks John.

    I only wish the two freshly cut twigs matched that as well.
    Bit of a 'rookie' error there Dan.
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