
It felt really good to be back with the Canon EOS 7D Mark II. My personal thought of changing from DSLR to Mirrorless
My Canon EOS 7D Mark II Long Term Experience and Use
Conditions and Location
Late morning winter sun with no wind at Woodbridge Island, Cape Town. Woodbridge Island Map
Also captured my first sighting of an African black
duck in fight
Birds photographed
- Grey herons
- speckled pigeons
- Blacksmith lapwing
- African darter
- African black duck
- Egyptian goose
- Grey heron
- Pied kingfisher
- Levaillant's cisticola
Late morning winter sun with no wind at Woodbridge Island, Cape Town. Woodbridge Island Map
Canon Camera / Lens Settings
Post-Processing
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC 9.0: Colour correction / noise reduction / lens profile correction.
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens
- Manual Mode
- Auto-ISO: 400 - 1000
- Aperture: f/5.6 / f/6.3
- Shutter Speed: 1/3200s
- AI Servo: Case 1: Wide Zone
- 10 fps High Speed Continuous Mode
- Handheld
Post-Processing
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC 9.0: Colour correction / noise reduction / lens profile correction.
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Speckled pigeon - Wooden bridge, Woodbridge Island |
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Speckled pigeon in flight - Diep River, Woodbridge Island |
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Blacksmith lapwing - Diep River, Woodbridge Island |
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African Darter in Flight - Table Bay Nature Reserve, Woodbridge Island |
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African black duck in flight - Table Bay Nature Reserve, Woodbridge Island |
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Egyptian goose in flight - Diep River, Woodbridge Island |
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Low flying grey heron - Table Bay Nature Reserve, Woodbridge Island |
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Pied kingfisher in flight - Table Bay Nature Reserve, Woodbridge Island |
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Perched Levaillant's cisticola - Table Bay Nature Reserve, Woodbridge Island New Bird Species - Diep River, Table Bay Nature Reserve, Woodbridge Island View |