{"id":156013,"date":"2024-03-25T06:06:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T12:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=156013"},"modified":"2024-03-25T07:34:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T13:34:17","slug":"just-before-a-meadowlark-takeoff-problem-mysteriously-solved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/25\/just-before-a-meadowlark-takeoff-problem-mysteriously-solved\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Before A Meadowlark Takeoff, Problem Mysteriously Solved"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Canon R5’s animal\/eye detection isn’t infallible but sometimes it surprises me with an incredibly quick recovery.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/5.6, iso 640, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Because the meadowlark is so soft, I’m almost embarrassed to have this first photo see the light of day. But including it helps to make my point.<\/p>\n

Several weeks ago on Antelope Island I had this singing Western Meadowlark in my viewfinder for a long time. “He” was in good light and he was relatively close but I simply could not get any sharp photos of him. Many of them were significantly softer than this one.<\/p>\n

Even though my active focus point was centered on his eye, I could tell through my viewfinder that I wasn’t getting sharp focus on him. I believe the sagebrush stem to the right of his head was confusing my focus point, which caused everything in my photos to be soft.<\/p>\n

In frustration, I was about to leave him to look for other birds when he took off.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/5.6, iso 640, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Just that fast I got a hard lock on the bird, which resulted in a sharp takeoff shot. The problematic sagebrush stem is in an even worse place for confusing Canon’s focusing algorithm but somehow the R5 (not the photographer) triumphed in the end.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/5.6, iso 640, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

The next shot in the burst was almost as sharp.<\/p>\n

In my photography I like to know the reason why things don’t work, which gives me a better chance of finding a workaround for the next time. But sometimes I can’t figure it out, so I just have to be grateful for a good result and hope the unexpected recovery continues to happen in the same situation.<\/p>\n

You know, serendipity.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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The Canon R5’s animal\/eye detection isn’t infallible but sometimes it surprises me with an incredibly quick recovery. (3 photos)<\/p>\n

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