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One way to ensure the Ai-Servo mode on your 40D is tracking well is to photograph in good light. Even better, get close to your subject. Ai-Servo mode in dull lighting like on overcast days doesn't always produce the best results.

Had the day off and for once the sun was out. Although I missed the really warm and good light, I did make it out to enjoy some of it. Went to photograph a favourite subject of mine this time of the year.

I have hundreds of these photos from last year with snowy landscapes and backgrounds. What a joy to watch this subject in a different setting. The warm sunlight nehanced this subject and the habitat....and of course the Ai-Servo reliability.

Photographed with a Canon 40D and 70-200 2.8L + TC 1.4x handheld in Ai-Servo mode.

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Nice photo. How far away were you for the lens + teleconverter. Trying to determine how much you may have cropped.
Gerry
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what did you do with that thread you started ? why did you delete it ?
G. Gray said:
Nice photo. How far away were you for the lens + teleconverter.
Trying to determine how much you may have cropped.
Gerry
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If you go into Home Depot and someone offers to help you and he is
not an employee, you are in Canada :-)
Since we can't keep crime in check, why don't we legalize it and tax
it out of business?
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Hi. A member cannot delete a thread. I have had 4 threads pulled in the last week. Maybe somebody doesn't like me. Thats hard to believe.

I suspect that some people of the opposite persuasion (political) did not like what I said. It was interesting while it lasted.
maybe it was this expression
MERRY CHRISTMAS, not merry xmas nor happy holidays
Gerry
Luke Kukovica said:
G. Gray said:
Nice photo. How far away were you for the lens + teleconverter.
Trying to determine how much you may have cropped.
Gerry
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If you go into Home Depot and someone offers to help you and he is
not an employee, you are in Canada :-)
Since we can't keep crime in check, why don't we legalize it and tax
it out of business?
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If you go into Home Depot and someone offers to help you and he is not an employee, you are in Canada :-)

Since we can't keep crime in check, why don't we legalize it and tax it out of business?
 
Where in the world did you find bare fields with no snow around you ? All the fields around me have snow and I am further south than you.
Gerry
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If you go into Home Depot and someone offers to help you and he is not an employee, you are in Canada :-)

Since we can't keep crime in check, why don't we legalize it and tax it out of business?
 
Justme said:
One way to ensure the Ai-Servo mode on your 40D is tracking well is
to photograph in good light. Even better, get close to your subject.
Ai-Servo mode in dull lighting like on overcast days doesn't always
produce the best results.

Had the day off and for once the sun was out. Although I missed the
really warm and good light, I did make it out to enjoy some of it.
Went to photograph a favourite subject of mine this time of the year.

I have hundreds of these photos from last year with snowy landscapes
and backgrounds. What a joy to watch this subject in a different
setting. The warm sunlight nehanced this subject and the
habitat....and of course the Ai-Servo reliability.

Photographed with a Canon 40D and 70-200 2.8L + TC 1.4x handheld in
Ai-Servo mode.

http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/image/106727727/original

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forum. Thanks for respecting that.
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/some_recent_shots
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/a_red_fox_family

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Beautiful

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Luke Kukovica said:
now that is how I like to see those owls ...without the snow.

I hate the cold !

cheers ..great shot
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Thanks Luke. Yeah, I was looking for a different background for this owl. It was refreshing to see something other than snow.
Luke Kukovica said:
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http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/a_red_fox_family

 
G. Gray said:
Nice photo. How far away were you for the lens + teleconverter.
Trying to determine how much you may have cropped.
Gerry
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Thanks Gerry. What you see filled the centre of the frame. I was zoomed out at 280mm with the 70-200 2.8L + TC 1.4x. That lens is one of the best purchases I've made. In combo with the Canon TC 1.4 it's a great lens for large owls like the Snowy.
G. Gray said:
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If you go into Home Depot and someone offers to help you and he is
not an employee, you are in Canada :-)
Since we can't keep crime in check, why don't we legalize it and tax
it out of business?
Click to expand...
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I know you mean well but please do not embed my images into the forum. Thanks for respecting that.
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http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/a_red_fox_family

 
bikeguy said:
When tracking BIFs and in AI Servo do you have Image Stabilization on
or off?
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Thanks Charles. It depends. If I have enough shutter speed I will usually take IS OFF to get the maximum speed or efficiency from the lens. From time to time, if I'm feeling a bit shaky I'll have the IS ON but in mode 2 for panning.

I think it also depends on the lens used. Somes lenses are a bit slower than others. I found that the 100-400L IS with IS ON sometimes takes that extra bit of time to lock onto a moving subject. If the subject is slower, then maybe not a concern. But for something very fasy like a Hawk Owl or American Kestrel, I prefer a faster lens with no IS....like the 400 5.6L or 70-200 2.8L. Of course if you own one, I don't, the 300 2.8L is very fast.

I use IS mainly for static type shots in lower light. But in the past I have used the IS on the 100-400L IS for panning flight shots and it worked nicely when the subject isn't moving really fast. As a rule, I prefer to keep IS OFF as BIF usually require a high shutter speed anyway and the IS may get in the way....unless I'm really shaky that day.
bikeguy said:
Thanks in advance,
Charles

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bikeguy said:
This sort of information is invaluable and enormously helpful.

AND I thoroughly enjoy seeing your work. It's really a delight.

cheers,
charles
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Thanks Charles. Glad you were able to find it helpful. I have learned a lot from this forum as well.
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G. Gray said:
Where in the world did you find bare fields with no snow around you ?
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We had some rain and that washed away wahtever snow was left. Snow is back now.
G. Gray said:
All the fields around me have snow and I am further south than you.
Gerry
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So, THAT'S where all the snow went :-)
G. Gray said:
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If you go into Home Depot and someone offers to help you and he is
not an employee, you are in Canada :-)
Since we can't keep crime in check, why don't we legalize it and tax
it out of business?
Click to expand...
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I know you mean well but please do not embed my images into the forum. Thanks for respecting that.
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/some_recent_shots
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/a_red_fox_family

 
So I guess all the owls are close to Ottawa.

You should consider yourself lucky. Some of your threads got moved. The last 4 or 5 of mine melted away like your snow. Some moisture from up above, no doubt. "A try at understanding" doesn't seem to work .
Its cold outside.
Gerry
Justme said:
G. Gray said:
Where in the world did you find bare fields with no snow around you ?
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We had some rain and that washed away wahtever snow was left. Snow
is back now.
Justme said:
All the fields around me have snow and I am further south than you.
Gerry
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So, THAT'S where all the snow went :-)
Justme said:
--
If you go into Home Depot and someone offers to help you and he is
not an employee, you are in Canada :-)
Since we can't keep crime in check, why don't we legalize it and tax
it out of business?
Click to expand...
--
I know you mean well but please do not embed my images into the
forum. Thanks for respecting that.
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/some_recent_shots
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/a_red_fox_family

Click to expand...
--

If you go into Home Depot and someone offers to help you and he is not an employee, you are in Canada :-)

Since we can't keep crime in check, why don't we legalize it and tax it out of business?
 
G. Gray said:
So I guess all the owls are close to Ottawa.
You should consider yourself lucky. Some of your threads got moved.
The last 4 or 5 of mine melted away like your snow. Some moisture
from up above, no doubt. "A try at understanding" doesn't seem to
work .
Its cold outside.
Gerry
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Sorry to hear about that Gerry. The forums here have not been the same since the Amazon.com purchase. The forums were free to be a few years ago and had a community feel to it even though at times there were a few free-for-alls but in the end, things sorted themselves out. Now the forums or the monitoring of the forums have gone to the other extreme. It's dang cold outside. Glad to be indoors.
G. Gray said:
Justme said:
G. Gray said:
Where in the world did you find bare fields with no snow around you ?
Click to expand...
We had some rain and that washed away wahtever snow was left. Snow
is back now.
G. Gray said:
All the fields around me have snow and I am further south than you.
Gerry
Click to expand...
So, THAT'S where all the snow went :-)
G. Gray said:
--
If you go into Home Depot and someone offers to help you and he is
not an employee, you are in Canada :-)
Since we can't keep crime in check, why don't we legalize it and tax
it out of business?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
--
If you go into Home Depot and someone offers to help you and he is
not an employee, you are in Canada :-)
Since we can't keep crime in check, why don't we legalize it and tax
it out of business?
Click to expand...
--

I know you mean well but please do not embed my images into the forum. Thanks for respecting that.
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/some_recent_shots
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/a_red_fox_family

 
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