With yesterdays high winds the eagles were flying into the wind and it was almost like seeing them floating in the air.

Sure my D3 and D2Xs.

Here is a jelly feeder that I made from an old log I found. I countersunk a 1/4" hole thru it and installed a 1/4-20 bolt that holds a camera plate. I fill over the countersink with plastic wood and mount the whole thing on a tripod. I've cut two jelly slots into the back of the log. I then wrap my old leaf blanket around the tripod. I've shot Orioles, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and Catbirds on the log. We even sprinkle bird seed in front of the log for White-crowned sparrows. I set this up a Magee Marsh and leave it up all day, for around 12 to 15 hours. Attached are 3 images of this in action.

Here some images from Krause Rd which is on the way to Magee Marsh. Was the Harrier playing (?????) with the corn cob? I did not see a snake in the corn rubble that would have caused the bird to jump around like that.

Last month my SB-910 came apart at its base. Two months ago I bought a "parts only" SB-910 from Roberts in Indianapolis. When the SB-910 came apart it separated at the bottom where the lock is. All 4 screws that held the bottom on were gone. In the end I replaced the complete bottom piece by using the bottom of the "parts only" strobe. There is a male plug connecting the bottom to the strobe itself. I just plug in the "parts only" piece and reinstall the 4 screws and the SB-910 is as good as new. I used it yesterday on a little copy project. This was very simple, but I would never attempt it with a modern camera. I believe one would need many years of education and experience to even attempt it. Just look at some of the camera/lens tear down videos to see how complex they are.

Just shoot a copy of the print while in raw mode.

Here is a bird I shot with the 600mmF:4 G VR. Position has a lot to do with results. Here the bird is parallel with the sensor and I used fill flash here. The eagle was shot using the 600mm but at a greater distance. You will always get more DoF at greater distance. Almost all of my warbler work is done with a 300mmF:4 AFS and with flash. I would encourage you to fprward your email so I can send the birding PDF.

no I didn't post it.

I have a Nikon 600mmF:4 G VR and depth of field isn't more that a inch. Were you too close and at F:4? You should have focused on the eye. I can show you images of warblers where the eye in tack sharp and the tail in soft. Also it depends how the bird was positioned relative the the lens. If the bird is 45 deg to the lens DoF is very shallow, if the bird is parallel to the camera sensor sharpness will be very good. I shoot a lot of birds and I use fill flash and stop down the lens to F:8. Check Stave Perry's ebook on focusing. I have written a PDF about shooting birds with flash. send me your email (Larrys@bex.net) and I'll send it to you. Its written with Nikon in mind, but it will also work with Cannon.

What group of sensors were you using? Was it 51 or larger one of the sensors will lock on small piece of maybe the background. Also the shot looks too dark like compensation wasn't used. Also your shutter is kind of slow here. I would have used something over 1/1250 and auto Iso and cleaned up the noise with Topaz Denoise AI.

Beside my 600mmF:4 G VR I used my Sigma 800mmF:5.6 AF for 15 years until I got the 600.

I don't have lightroom or do I see a need for it. I watched Steve Perry's lightroom workshop and I still don't see the need. Lightroom just looks like a complicated photo naming software to me.

I use my D810 and my 600mmF:4G VR almost daily.

Here is a shot of my old work horse. Well used but I made the multi column front page with in 1980 at the Indianapolis Star using a 300mmF:4.5. Its shown here with my like new 1000mmF:11 Nikkor

I bought last summer a Nikon 1000mmF:11 mirror lens for only $300. When it was new (1970's) I've heard it was around $3200.00