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<a href=" title="Ice sailor by David Stephens, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8232/8421544735_4912a7ef9b_c.jpg" width="534" height="800" alt="Ice sailor"></a>

<p><strong>YELLOW!</strong><br> <strong> </strong></p> <p><a title="YELLOW! by David Stephens, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3846/14753054849_63d8fc2461_c.jpg" alt="YELLOW!" width="800" height="800" /></a></p>

<p>I think that the FOV looks wide because the bird is a long ways away.</p> <p>I think he picked the wrong SS because he didn't know any better. That's why he's here.</p>

<a href=" title="M-stitch by David Stephens, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5260/5555626041_5278d80145_z.j pg" width="640" height="427" alt="M-stitch"></a>

<a href=" title="York Minster Cathedral by David Stephens, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8465/8083519994_ea7f309a74_c.j pg" width="534" height="800" alt="York Minster Cathedral"></a>

<a href=" title="I see you... by David Stephens, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3919/14306415659_8080ddf6b0_c. jpg" width="800" height="400" alt="I see you..."></a>

<p>All the settings in the world won't help focus when you're shooting through tree limbs, or something like that. Those angular, indistinct lines running through the image are some sort of vegetation between you and the subject.</p> <p>That said, you need ISO 800 to 1600 in those conditions and a wide open aperture. Also, you need to get closer and no one's interested in a shot of the bird's ass, to be totally honest. Best results will be in good light, early or late in the day.</p> <p>From yesterday morning, an hour or two after sunrise, with way more lens and camera:</p> <p><a title="Great Blue Heron In Flight by David Stephens, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5579/14916728706_19de037977_c.jpg" alt="Great Blue Heron In Flight" width="800" height="534" /></a></p>

<p>Just because pix are "electronic" that's no excuse for a thank you. I receive lots of shots from shooting buddies and I always comment and/or say thank you.</p>

<a href=" title="Small Fishing Boats at Fisherman's Wharf by David Stephens, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3809/11183285514_6b0a9a5cff_c.jpg" width="800" height="534" alt="Small Fishing Boats at Fisherman's Wharf"></a>

<p>Interesting. It sounds to me like the OP needs some new friends. For the last several years I've done a calendar featuring a nearby wildlife sanctuary. I give 20 to 30 away to park rangers and shooting buddies and always receive praises and people asking about next year's calendar.</p> <p>Last week, a ranger that was promoted to supervising ranger at another park up in the Rocky Mountains, invited me up to shoot his new park. He spent two-days, on duty and off duty, showing me the park and the national forest there and I'm invited up to see the aspen tree in fall, etc.</p> <p>I also play trumpet in a couple of band, one classical and one jazz, and take a camera to every gig. I post the pix up on Flickr and invite everyone to look. I receive lots of thank yous and requests for permission to print, etc. My shots are used, with permission, on the band web pages, on poster and other publicity, with credit.</p> <p>I'm Southern origin and now live in Colorado, always living in super friendly places, Maybe that's the difference.</p>

<a href=" title="Papa Owl Endures Snow by David Stephens, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7309/13340647393_f487829bc6_c.jpg " width="800" height="800" alt="Papa Owl Endures Snow"></a>

<p><strong>Purple Mountains' Majesty</strong></p> <p>Canon 5D MkIII, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 45mm, Av Mode, ISO 800, +1EV, f/9, resulting in 1/10-sec., hand held, with Raw conversion in DxO Optics Pro 9.5.</p> <p><a title="Purple Mountain's Majesty by David Stephens, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3885/14879242525_dc0c23dd90_c.jpg" alt="Purple Mountain's Majesty" width="800" height="534" /></a></p>

<p><strong>Moon Rise On Buffalo Mountain</strong></p> <p>Canon 5D MkIII, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 105mm, Av Mode, ISO 800, +2/3EV, f/13, resulting in 1/640-sec., hand held, with Raw conversion in DxO Optics Pro 9.5.</p> <p><a title="Moon Rise On Buffalo Mountain by David Stephens, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5589/14692665877_da0f33ba9a_c.jpg" alt="Moon Rise On Buffalo Mountain" width="800" height="400" /></a></p>

<p><strong>Wildflowers At Sunrise</strong></p> <p>Canon 5D MkIII, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 24mm, Av Mode, ISO 800, +1EV, f/11, resulting in 1/40-sec., hand held, with Raw conversion in DxO Optics Pro 9.5.</p> <p><a title="Wildflowers At Sunrise by David Stephens, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5576/14692740189_d941536f34_c.jpg" alt="Wildflowers At Sunrise" width="800" height="533" /></a></p>

<p>Forget about zen and just get the job done. If you're going to alternate between zooms and primes, do it with a two-body setup, so you can quickly move between the two.</p>

<p>To pile on what Lannie says, the 7D is the CHAMP when it comes to details, thanks to its super high pixel-density; however, that comes at a price of noisier high-ISO performance. It's very good up to ISO 800, but then you'll start losing that detail as you need to apply more and more NR.</p> <p>The 7D is a great wildlife body and, with the right lenses, it's a great landscape shooter at low ISO. Unfortunately, the ideal lenses for the 7D are not the ideal lenses for the 6D.</p> <p>I'd go down to one body, for the uses you've specified, and concentrate on upgrading my lens arsenal. </p>

<a href=" title="M3 Shark Fin by David Stephens, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2367/3536990800_344314de22_z.jpg?zz=1" width="640" height="427" alt="M3 Shark Fin"></a>

<p><a href="/photodb/user?user_id=4523837">John Smith said</a></p> <blockquote> <p>Sorry, I clarified in my later post that it's landscape.</p> </blockquote> <p>Sorry, I missed that.</p> <p>Well then, by all means, stick with the 6D. I don't understand how your can have any indecision after looking at the files. My 5D MkIII blows away my 7D at any ISO above 800. I only keep the 7D because I need a two-body set up to go quickly from 1,000mm down to a shorter focal length. </p>

<p>Puppy Face, he says he's shooting "nature photography". I'm assuming that includes mammals and birds; otherwise, he would have said landscapes. The AF system of the 5D MkIII will run rings around all the other bodies he's mentioned and the 6D's high ISO performance isn't really a big difference since most shots will be at ISO 800 and below. For landscapes, he can dump everything else and keep the 6D, but if you want to shoot fast moving stuff, then the 5D3 is the way to go.</p>

<p>Interesting sage. It doesn't look at all like our sage in the Western USA. Looks closer to lavender, but not quite.</p>

<p>Bill Jordan, you'll get better and better. Just take hundreds of shots per month and concentrate on getting a single AF point right on the eye and getting shutter speed up, even higher than you were, at every opportunity.</p>

<p>If your selling wildlife prints, I don't understand how you can even consider accepting the lower quality than the 7D. I'd sell them all and get a 5D MkIII.</p>

<p><strong>Twins</strong></p> <p><a title="Twins by David Stephens, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3917/14692817359_8e6dcb38ea_c.jpg" alt="Twins" width="800" height="534" /></a></p>

<p><strong>Western Kingbird Poses</strong></p> <p>Canon 5D MkIII, EF 500mm f/4L IS, EF 2.0x TC-III, Av Mode, ISO 800, +2/3EV, f/8, resulting in 1/4000-sec., hand held, with Raw conversion in DxO Optics Pro 9.5</p> <p><a title="Western Kingbird Poses by David Stephens, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3835/14624159947_899d3f268a_c.jpg" alt="Western Kingbird Poses" width="800" height="533" /></a></p>

<p><strong>Honey Bee On Lavender</strong></p> <p>Canon 5D MkIII, EF 70-200mm f/4L IS, EF 2.0x TC-III, EF 25ET, Av Mode, ISO 800, +1EV, f/10, rsulting in 1/500-sec., hand held, with Raw conversion in DxO Optics Pro 9.5</p> <p><a title="Honey Bee On Lavender by David Stephens, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3875/14644909978_dcbd69dcbd_c.jpg" alt="Honey Bee On Lavender" width="800" height="800" /></a></p>