01 November 2019

Portraits of Birds: World of Birds Hout Bay, Cape Town

Bird image while testing the Canon EOS 7D Mark II in Cape Town, South Africa
Canon EOS 7D Mark II / Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens - Portraits of Birds - Cape Town

Objective: 2015 testing of the then relatively new Canon EOS 7D Mark II body / EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS II USM lens with ISO's between 800 - 6400. 

Note: Hand-held in Av mode. All images processed in Lightroom 5.7. Converted from RAW to JPG. Lens profile correction. Minor colour correction and some noise reduction.

Conditions: Overcast and mostly in low light (due to aviaries / enclosures)

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Cape Town Location

World of Birds Hout Bay, Cape Town

Canon Equipment
  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II DSLR camera body 
  • Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens 

Aperture Priority Mode Settings

  • Aperture: f/5 - 6.3 
  • ISO 800 - 6400
  • Shutter speed: 1/250 - 1/2000s 
  • Focal length 263 - 400mm 
  • Image Stabilization on (Mode 1) 
  • Auto-Focus mode (Case 1)
  • Single Shot
  • Handheld
(Click to Enlarge / Slideshow)
Portraits of Birds with Canon EOS 7D Mark II Cape Town
Canon EOS 7D Mark II - World of Birds Hout Bay Cape Town

Portraits of Birds with Canon EOS 7D Mark II Cape Town
Canon EOS 7D Mark II - World of Birds Hout Bay Cape Town

Portraits of Birds with Canon EOS 7D Mark II Cape Town
Canon EOS 7D Mark II World of Birds Hout Bay Cape Town

Bird image while testing the Canon EOS 7D Mark II in Cape Town, South Africa
Canon EOS 7D Mark II World of Birds Hout Bay Cape Town
Canon EOS 7D Mark II World of Birds Hout Bay Cape Town

Portraits of Birds with Canon EOS 7D Mark II Cape Town
Canon EOS 7D Mark II World of Birds Hout Bay Cape Town


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