Some more EF 400 f/5.6L shots

Black Scoter

The light lens day continued…

Black Scoter
Black Scoter

So surprise surprise neither the RF 600 f/11 or the EF 400 f/5.6L are as good as the EF 500 f/4L but on days like yesterday sometimes it’s great to not worry about heavy lenses and dodgy shoulders.

Actually I used the big lens this afternoon and the camera/lens started shuddering and making loud noises and an error message appeared in the viewfinder. Hopefully just a case of cleaning the contacts….

A sunny Sunday with the RF 600 f/11

Black-necked Grebe

Some more shots from the Canon RF 600 f/11.

Struggling a bit with it: the slowish AF and high ISO are a pixel peeper’s nightmare. Small low resolution shots like this are not so bad.

Long-tailed Duck

BIFs are hard, at least they’re hard for me.

A soft but interesting enough shot.

Long-tailed Duck

A lot of noise reduction and sharpening going on here. Again, at such low resolution and when looked at on a phone they are passable.

Long-tailed Duck

Late Winter Trip 2023 #18

Lesser Scaup

My only lifer of the trip was this male Lesser Scaup. I would never have noticed unless another birdwatcher (the only one I saw on the whole trip) told me there was one mixed in with the Greater Scaups and Pochards in one of the ports. Whoever you are, thank you!

At first it was resting but you can clearly see the different head shape and colour to the ubiquitous Greater Scaup.

Lesser Scaup and Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup and Greater Scaup