Very distant shot of Bald Eagle

I know this picture is not that impressive. But it was 250 yards away. Took it with my 7DII & Tamron 150-600mm. I was actually surprised it turned out this good at that distance.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/whXE​47

You are right, for that setup it is quite nice!

Oldjackssparrows,
I put it on a tripod, used the live view with maximum magnification, manual focus, and a remote shutter release.

I was also fortunate he sat there for about 45 minutes.

Even on a tripod, with that maximum magnification I found out how much camera shake when you touch the camera or lens. You could really see the shake, and it took about 10 seconds to settle down. It was telling.

Great shot Joel.

guntoter wrote in post #17647505
Oldjackssparrows,
I put it on a tripod, used the live view with maximum magnification, manual focus, and a remote shutter release.

I was also fortunate he sat there for about 45 minutes.

Even on a tripod, with that maximum magnification I found out how much camera shake when you touch the camera or lens. You could really see the shake, and it took about 10 seconds to settle down. It was telling.

How you focused on this eagle is how I do it on most of my perched subjects although I'm able to autofocus using the back button focus (*) then press the shutter with my index finger. Not many know this little trick (as long as you have your camera body set up with the back button focus) and it guarantees a sharp image as long as there's not too much camera shake and the subject doesn't move when there's a dof issue.

Considering how you did this and the distance it came out very well.

Thanks Lester & Duane,
Duane, I only use back button focus. In fact I have set up 2 of the back buttons to auto focus. The (*) button switches to Servo and the 9 center points to auto focus on BIF. The button to the right of that is one-shot and Center point focus. I really like that last one. Use it most of the time unless I get a BIF situation. Took me a while to get used to the Back Buttons, but now I will never go back.
The biggest problem I have with it is when I hand the camera to someone else to take a picture that I am in. Explaining BBF to them does not usually translate.