Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM

Scrumhalf wrote in post #19126125
The smoke from the forest fires in California have produced some dramatic sunsets. Here's one from a couple days ago.

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Nice shot!!!!!

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House Wren

Canon EOS 7D Mark II • Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM @500mm • 1/320 • f/8 • ISO 1600

Canon EOS 7D II, Canon EOS 70D, Canon EOS 60D
EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM, EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM, EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM, EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
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My son and I celebrated his 16th birthday with a glorious day of birding Sunday (his choice!) at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach, CA. Here are a few shots:

Reddish Heron:

Canon EOS 7D Mark II • Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM @700mm • 1/640 • f/5.6 • ISO 1600

Photo from Scrumhalf's gallery.

Snowy Egret:

Canon EOS 7D Mark II • Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM @700mm • 1/8000 • f/5.6 • ISO 200

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Willet:

Canon EOS 7D Mark II • Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM @700mm • 1/320 • f/5.6 • ISO 1600

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Short-billed dowitcher:

Canon EOS 7D Mark II • Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM @700mm • 1/1000 • f/5.6 • ISO 1600

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A sleepy Long-billed curlew:

Canon EOS 7D Mark II • Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM @700mm • 1/4000 • f/5.6 • ISO 1600

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Sam
5D4 | 6D | 7D2 (2 bodies) | Reasonably good glass
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If I don't get the shots I want with the gear I have, the only optics I need to examine is the mirror on the bathroom wall. The root cause will be there.

Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans) at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach, CA.

7D2 + 500/4 II + 1.4X III

Canon EOS 7D Mark II • Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM @700mm • 1/3200 • f/5.6 • ISO 800

Photo from Scrumhalf's gallery.

Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya):

Canon EOS 7D Mark II • Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM @700mm • 1/1000 • f/5.6 • ISO 1600

Photo from Scrumhalf's gallery.

Sam
5D4 | 6D | 7D2 (2 bodies) | Reasonably good glass
Gear List
If I don't get the shots I want with the gear I have, the only optics I need to examine is the mirror on the bathroom wall. The root cause will be there.

Using the 500mm + 1.4xIII combo for BIF

Trumpeter Swans in Flight

Canon EOS 7D Mark II • Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM @700mm • 1/1000 • f/5.6 • ISO 250

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Canon EOS 7D II, Canon EOS 70D, Canon EOS 60D
EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM, EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM, EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM, EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM, EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
flickr: http://www.flickr.com/​tariktik