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You might consider getting a 1.4 III extender($500) for your 70-300L lens for Yellowstone. It will help you get extra reach for wildlife in Yellowstone which is often necessary. I used one on my...

I carried my 7D and new 400 f/5.6 lens today for two miles around the city park lake today and another mile this afternoon.  Amazingly I am still alive and well. No flying osprey or bald eagles...

Thanks for the great recs, Nancy!  The exposure recs for different color birds/lighting conditions was particularly helpful. I just got my new 400mm f/5.6 from UPS this evening, so am looking...

Thanks for your information on your ISO settings and your link to your gallery of very nice BIF photos. I was just in Australia for the first time in early February and got some nice photos in the...

Thanks for your settings information and nice photos! I agree...osprey are beautiful birds...I hope this pair will stay in Cheyenne, but fear they are just migrating through. Need the Game & Fish...

Thanks very much for the information on your hand-holding and settings technique from your website. I'll certainly give it a try...your photos are outstanding!!!

Thanks for the information on your camera, lens & extender and settings that use. I have that same equipment, but often leave IS on. I do notice some of my BIF images not being as sharp as they...

Here is a good website to see where recent wildlife sightings are being reported. It is an interactive map and includes photos of wildlife seen in many of the...

I own a monopod and will use it or a tripod if necessary to get sharp pictures. Have been addicted though  to the freedom of hiking around with just my camera & 300mm IS lens and being able to...

I have been using my Canon 7D for a year now and just ordered a Canon 400mm F/5.6 lens for closer & sharper BIF photography. My current subject is a pair of osprey at our city park that have been...

One more example...

Those are nice photos taken with your 400mm wide open of the night herons and woodpecker! I finally got some photos with my 300mm F4.0 L wide open with no IS and 1/2500 sec shutter and ISO 200-250...

Thanks for the advice. I will set it to ISO 400. The photo was originally taken with shutter priority at 1/1000 sec and aperture was F7.1 and AUTO ISO was on resulting in 100 ISO. I used my 300mm...

Thanks for the tip on ISO. I'll give it a go!

Applying my new 7D settings to BIF...a black crowned night heron in flight...