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<\/a><\/p>\n1\/3200, f\/5.6, 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>\nMy backgrounds were often busy but when the twigs were far enough away from the bird my lens rendered the bokeh so soft that I actually enjoy them back there.<\/p>\n
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1\/4000, f\/5.6, 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>\nWhile shooting at f\/5.6 my depth of field was extremely shallow so the bird’s entire body had to be in the same plane relative to me for me to get everything sharp. This is one of the relatively few cases where it happened.<\/p>\n
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1\/3200, f\/5.6, 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>\nThis one hurt. I got very few flight shots I like but I’d have loved this one if I hadn’t cut off the tip of the bill (which was buried in a currant flower). The detail on the head and tail is incredible for a flight shot.<\/p>\n
But the bird was too close so I just didn’t have enough room. The photo as presented is full frame vertically and has only been cropped on the sides.<\/p>\n
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1\/3200, f\/5.6, 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>\nAnother problem I had all morning was getting full color on the gorgets. With the light angle I had I could usually only get the gorget to light up in all its glory when the bird was facing straight at me which just doesn’t work very well because of the long bill of hummingbirds and because that angle doesn’t provide catch lights in the eyes.<\/p>\n
This gorget is only partially lit up.<\/p>\n
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1\/800, f\/9, ISO 640, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @ 400mm, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\nAs is typical for hummingbirds at a food source there were many fights. These two skirmished several times but in the end they settled for landing on adjacent perches and giving each other the evil eye. They glared at each other for a long time so I had plenty of opportunity to use my smaller lens so I could get both birds in the frame.<\/p>\n
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1\/2500, f\/5.6, 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>\nI’ll end with this shot simply because it gives me joy. The bird wasn’t close so the image quality isn’t great but that pose as the bird took off from the branch still delights me.<\/p>\n
To me it looks like he’s dancing on the twig. Facebook follower Muffy S. Gately calls it a “twig jig.”<\/p>\n
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