At the last second I saw that a photographer was going to walk between me and the bird while my lens was pointed at the bird. I had been the first one into the joint and was enjoying the solitude. This morning I had a similar situation but I never saw the guy coming until it was too late. The birds are pretty tame but you need to take some care when you approach them especially when someone else is already working a subject.” He took it well and I coached him into position to get a few good images of the same bird. A guy with a camera was walking briskly toward me. I had gotten right on sun angle and was in good position. This rather handsome bird was sitting on a boardwalk railing. Breeding plumage Great Egret with ruby red eye Click on the image to see a larger version. The selected AF point was on the bottom of the lores just forward of the bird’s eye. Two AF points to the right and two up from the center AF point/AI Servo Expand/Shutter Button AF as framed was active at the moment of exposure (as is always best when hand holding). Evaluative metering -2/3 stop: 1/2500 sec. This image was created last Thursday at Gatorland with the hand held Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens (at 400mm) and the mega mega-pixel Canon EOS 5DS R. Your doing so is always greatly appreciated. For best results use one of our many product-specific links after clicking on one of those you can continue shopping with all subsequent purchases invisibly tracked to BAA. As always–and folks have been doing a great job recently–please remember to use our B&H links for your major gear purchases. Today’s blog post marks 128 days in a row with a new educational blog post. As Jen is also taking the day off, please note that there will be nobody in the office until this coming Monday. Jim is driving me to the airport at 7:15am on Friday and then heading directly home. I started and finished this blog post that same evening. I woke early on Thursday and headed up to Gatorland for a short shooting session.
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