On the San Diego IPT this beautiful bird flew in and landed right in front of us on one of the nicer isolated rocks and then performed a variety of behaviors for us for about an hour before departing. La Jolla, CA.
Canon 70-200 f/4L IS lens with the 1.4X II TC (handheld at 246mm) with the EOS-7D. ISO 320. Evaluative metering +2/3 stop: 1/1000 at f/7.1.
Check out today's Blog post here: www.BIRDSASART-Blog.com to read my comments on 7D image quality and my choice of focusing pattern for birds in flight.
TIP: From ABP II and repeatedly on the San Diego IPT: when photographing a preening bird the #1 concern should be to make the image when the bird's head is perfectly square to the back of the camera....
ps: I added a slice from another image to the bottom of the frame here as I had inadvertently clipped this bird's toes.
pps: I love these birds in breeding plumage.