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It has taken me a while to figure out this camera body and it's many settings. I have watched many a YouTube video on setting the r5 up for bird photos. I followed the instructions of one or two of the photographers and finally have the setting just right. It does take time to get it right but don't give up as the results are extremely good. On thing I have found is I was used to shooting my old camera, a 1DX at slower shutter speeds without motion blur or shake. Now I have to shoot at much higher shutter speeds to avoid camera shake blur. It was explained to me that with the addition of so many mega pixels over and above the 1DX, it exaggerates movement and magnifies it in the image. I'm finding that I need to use a minimum of 1/2000 sec for moving subjects especially if they are small. I usually shoot at f9 or f11 to get the depth of field I need for these shots as well. This means that the ISO has to take up the slack and I commonly shoot at 2500 or 3200 ISO. I'm loading directly into LRc and making minor adjustments and noise reduction. I've been pleased with the results. If you haven't already, take a look at several videos on r5 set up for birds and try them. Here are a couple of images I have taken so you can compare. These are all cropped by at least 40-50%.[ATTACH=full]13114[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]13115[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]13116[/ATTACH]