1\/8000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\nOne of\u00a0several bushes these birds were scurrying around in was a scrub oak.\u00a0I really like their fall colors and can’t help admiring those three little immature acorns at center right (at least I think that’s what they are).<\/p>\n
This particular bird apparently didn’t know it was a flitty kinglet\u00a0because it actually stayed on this perch long enough\u00a0for me to take 29 photos (almost unheard of for a kinglet). I’ve learned from experience that kinglets are so fast that it’s impossible for human reflexes to respond quickly enough to keep them in frame after they start to take off so I just fired a long burst and hoped\u00a0it would take off and that everything else would come\u00a0together for an interesting takeoff shot.<\/p>\n
This time my strategy paid off.<\/p>\n
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1\/8000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\nPersonally I adore this shot taken just after lift-off. It isn’t perfect but without question it’s close enough for\u00a0me. I got a catch light, the little speed demon is sharp, I have a clean background, there’s nice light on nearly all of the bird that we can see, I like the setting and\u00a0I love the wing and leg positions.<\/p>\n
But for my tastes it’s my incredibly fast shutter speed that put the icing on the cake.\u00a0I know from experience that 1\/3200 sec usually\u00a0isn’t even close to fast enough to freeze the wings of this tiny\u00a0species at takeoff\u00a0and 1\/5000 sometimes\u00a0succeeds and sometimes doesn’t. 1\/8000 was plenty of SS to get that right wing as sharp as it could be and still have enough depth of field for the rest of the bird. Many of the oak leaves in the foreground are soft but for this image I can live with that without a second thought or any misgivings.<\/p>\n
Dang it was nice to have some birds for a change!<\/p>\n
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