Thanks..Look at a vid by Grant Atkinson called 5d mk iv in M mode with auto Iso. He sets the set button to move the exposure in custom controls. I can't seem to get it to work, but I'm just learning.

beautiful shot..... I've gotten a lot of advise, I just have to go out and experiment and see what works for me. Thanks PS I have found that shooting a sharp pic of a bird in fight is harder than killing one with a shotgun and that's a good thing. I used to hunt a lot.

Thanks for your comments.....using spot metering might be helpful. I'm shooting at eagles high in a bright sky may not be able to put the meter spot on them every time, but I'll give it a try. There's a vid by Grant Atkinson on this call 5d mk iv in M mode with auto ISO, but damned if I can make it work.

I'm shooting a lot of birds in flight ; small dark target against a big bright sky. The camera is metering off the bright sky making the bird underexposed. I'm trying to find a way to lock the exposure at +1 or whatever in M mode. I can't seem to find a way to do it. Looked for videos on the subject, one said change the set button to metering can't seem to get it to work. Bottom line... what I want to do is in M mode set the speed then meter off the bright sky then set the aperture to that f stop, then set my exposure to +1 and have it lock at +1. To compensate for the bright sky. I can't seem to lock the exposure. Any ideas. Thanks

Thanks for all the feed back. I too would buy that house, beautiful home, would love to see the plans. I'm in the process of downsizing.

Yep that's what I'm doing. Guess I should have gone for the F4 version, I know that's sharp, but just wanted a low light capability.

Anybody using this lens/ What do you think? Bought one used and it seems a little soft, maybe it's just me.

Does it have dehaze feature?

Suppose it says Cannon? Lol

Very nice

A shot from the pond.

I have trouble posting pics. It didn't look like a thumb in the preview. I'll look for that next time.

Thanks for viewing..... your comment is a actually a compliment. I did not use Photoshop and don't even own it. The Mallard was swimming on a refection of color from the far bank of trees. The Mallard's refection is on top of the tree refection, if that makes sense. I was watching the ducks swimming on the pond and waited for them to swim into the refection, thus creating the double refection effect. This shot was taken at 520mm (ef 100-400mm + 1.4x) f8.0 1/1000 sec. ISO 2500 and cropped. Thanks again for you compliment. Phil

Fall on the pond

very nice