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Saturday 1/17/15 was my last Eagle trip with the combination of the New Canon 7D mkii and the new Canon 100-400mm IS Mark ii.
Light was crappy all day. I also was lucky enough to have a paid client that day, so I didn’t focus much my photography as much as making sure he knew his gear and his subject. A few minor tweaks and he was off and having the time of his life photographing my Bald Eagles on the Mississippi River at Lock and Dam 14.
Anyway on with the review. This will be my last write up before tomorrow big total review on which gear I will be keeping and if any gear is being returned.
Canon 7D Mark ii and Canon 100-400 Mark ii
Canon 1DX and 500mm f4 IS:
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I think this last image comparison speaks loudly. Final write up later tonight or tomorrow!
I would also like to take a moment to thank all my new blog followers and supporters! I think this blog had roughly 50 subscribers, and as the time of this post it is at 112!
THANK YOU!
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My Canon 1DX and my trusty Canon 500mm f4 IS has been feeling neglected! I have been walking around with the 7D2 + 100-400 hand held. Was trying to catch a fight, but caught this Dive instead. I have been leaving the 500mm setup on my gimbal and tripod, and switching back and forth to compare tracking and focusing speeds. Here are some results.
The Dive
Now that I got a post out, better get back to the high ISO comparison!
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When I first got to my Eagles, the skies were blue. I started off with the Canon 7D Mark ii and Canon 100-400 mark ii hand held, and the Canon 1DX + 500 on my gimbal.
The Canon 7D Mark ii is a little slower to grab focus in on the bird in flight, but tracks WAY better than my old Canon 7D’s (I had 2).
I then switched bodies and lenses, so of course the light condition had changed by then. Light fell apart around 1 when clouds rolled in. Heavy cloud cover until 3:30,,, so the best part of the day was crap.
7D Mark ii + 100-400 mark ii 
Canon 1DX + 100-400 mark ii
Try to ignore the skies, both birds where shot handheld, full-frame and same edit script (Actions)
What is your first impression? More to come on this field testing! This is only Day 2.
Few more Canon 7D MKii + Canon 100-400mm IS MKii to chew on.
Heavy Crop, but getting closer to catching the talon to talon shot!
What do you think so far?
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Until today I had always thought that hummingbirds were the only birds that can fly backwards or upside down.
Today at Lock and Dam 14 on the Mississippi River I witnessed and documented an in air collision between two adult eagles. I have been trying to get a full frame talon to talon grab, this was really close and maybe more rare.
Two eagles were circling looking for fish forgot to check their airspace and ran into each other. The impact completely rolled the top eagle over in mid air. He went into a free fall before he could right himself and then continued on with his day of fishing.
Even though I clipped some wings in the series, still pretty cool!
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