7D mark II question on 9 point AF

also this one was just under 200 yards

I am more than happy with those shots. I am getting better at deleting so so shots, today a wood duck flew by about 100 yards away but it surprised me and was so fast that while I got a shot of it for ID purposes it was soft. I had 5 ducks fly by about 200 yards way, they are tough for me to see with my bad floaters in my eyes, the floaters look just like canada geese and crows flying by LOL. I missed all the ducks!

I cannot sneak up on wildlife as I have trouble walking and cannot stand more than a few minutes. basically I set up my chair and wait to see if anything will come in range. There are definitely some of my shots that are much better than others but at this point I like them all. I also feel that life is too short to be too picky, being a stroke, cancer survivor ad having heart problems and extreme arthritis I feel every day is a gift.

I am getting better at only posting my pictures that hold up to the POTN standards the others I post on my facebook page and some facebook groups I belong to and my flickr page. I am a little fish in the POTN pool but an average fish on facebook where the standards aren't up to POTN.
I may not be posting much of anything to POTN until I get better if I ever do but I will still be enjoying taking the images, just like I only hit 25 of 25 in skeet in my life and usually am in the 18-22 range but I don't not do it because of that. As long as my wife, family and I enjoy what I get I will still do it.

I am getting better at it thanks to all the constructive criticism and helpful advice here

My only two shots today less than 100 yards

Goose couple wedding portrait and the geese guests arriving (they heard it was open bar)

Jeff

I think, some of the AF points (cross type) only become available with f/2.8 or faster lens. Try that.

Jeff USN Photog 72-76 wrote in post #19031666
also this one was just under 200 yards

That's an excellent shot! Crop it tighter to get rid of the stuff at the top and you have a winner!

Scrumhalf wrote in post #19033863
That's an excellent shot! Crop it tighter to get rid of the stuff at the top and you have a winner!

The problem is it is already cropped quite a bit and if I go much tighter I start getting pixelation although I will give it a shot

Here is the original jpg, I will play with the raw image

This X100. It won't happen next week, and probably not next month, but it will happen. You will want that 600mm f/4 for shooting at 20m. This is what drives all of the GAS.

That is already happening in my yard where I am quarantined for the next few weeks. I am passing up alot of shots and even if I take them I am deleting most of them.

This one was today at 25 feet with a 150-600C at 600mm

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