Your R System Images - June 2024

[Only RF]

I'd hate to be a fish

• Canon EOS R6m2
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM + EXTENDER RF1.4x
• 700.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 2000

• Canon EOS R6m2
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM + EXTENDER RF1.4x
• 700.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 2000

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

I'm slowly working my way through the pix from our recent UK & Spain excursion. These were taken at the RSPB's Bempton Cliffs nature reserve on the Yorkshire coast, in late May. I didn't take my 100-500 on holiday, on the grounds of weight, and I didn't really expect to be doing any bird photography, so the 70-200 f4 had to serve. Nevertheless, Bempton has so many seabirds, so close, that there's really only one shot where I could have done with the extra reach. You'll see which one... ;-)

• Canon EOS R6
• RF70-200mm F4 L IS USM
• 70.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 160

The limestone cliffs are home to a huge number of seabirds, including the largest gannet colony on mainland Britain. It was grey and rainy. Yorkshire weather.

• Canon EOS R6
• RF70-200mm F4 L IS USM
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 100

April to June is peak nesting season.

• Canon EOS R6
• RF70-200mm F4 L IS USM
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 400

Uncropped, showing how close the gannets were.

• Canon EOS R6
• RF70-200mm F4 L IS USM
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 400

And finally: spot the puffin...

• Canon EOS R6
• RF70-200mm F4 L IS USM
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 640

If - like me - you find bird photography a challenge because the buggers can be elusive, this place is an answer to your dreams. It's fair to say that my 70-200 was not the largest lens on site during our visit. Good cake in the tea shop too...

 

[Only RF]

• Canon EOS R6m2
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM + EXTENDER RF1.4x
• 700.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 2000

• Canon EOS R6m2
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM + EXTENDER RF1.4x
• 700.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 2000

• Canon EOS R6m2
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM + EXTENDER RF1.4x
• 700.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 5000

 

[Only RF]

• Canon EOS R6m2
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM + EXTENDER RF1.4x
• 700.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 640

• Canon EOS R6m2
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM + EXTENDER RF1.4x
• 700.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 800

 

[Only RF]

• Canon EOS R6m2
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM + EXTENDER RF1.4x
• 700.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 4000

 

[Only RF]

• Canon EOS R6m2
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM + EXTENDER RF1.4x
• 700.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 8000

So that's where it hides the tongue.

• Canon EOS R6m2
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM + EXTENDER RF1.4x
• 700.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 8000

 

[PKM-UK]

Proud parents

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Hi Only RF,

What a delightful image to return to!

An absolute bunch of cuties in a serene setting - given the competing lighting demands, a very well controlled shot.

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

I'd hate to be a fish

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Hi Only RF,

Well, these beautifully caught shots are quite an eye-catching sight - talk about a range of competing movements (nothing is the least bit stationary here).

(Reminds us of our first sight of these creatures in the wild - watching them dive-bomb fishing amid an aqua-aerobics class in Mexico - snigger... ).

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

I'm slowly working my way through the pix from our recent UK & Spain excursion. These were taken at the RSPB's Bempton Cliffs nature reserve on the Yorkshire coast, in late May. I didn't take my 100-500 on holiday, on the grounds of weight, and I didn't really expect to be doing any bird photography, so the 70-200 f4 had to serve. Nevertheless, Bempton has so many seabirds, so close, that there's really only one shot where I could have done with the extra reach. You'll see which one... ;-)

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The limestone cliffs are home to a huge number of seabirds, including the largest gannet colony on mainland Britain. It was grey and rainy. Yorkshire weather.

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April to June is peak nesting season.

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Uncropped, showing how close the gannets were.

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And finally: spot the puffin...

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If - like me - you find bird photography a challenge because the buggers can be elusive, this place is an answer to your dreams. It's fair to say that my 70-200 was not the largest lens on site during our visit. Good cake in the tea shop too...

Hi Gareth,

Looks like you had a very fine time visiting this spectacular site (duly noted should we be in the vicinity - thank you for the tip!).

A captivating mixture of vertigo inducing cliff-top vistas (with a myriad of residents) and terrific BIF's - #4 being our favourite.

Well done - and thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

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Hi Only RF,

You have been busy! Another series of stunning shots - all beautifully controlled and captured, with #1 just nudging into fist place as our favourite.

(Superb pose/ backdrop, nailed on focus, perfect eye-pop).

Wonderful stuff - thank you for sharing...

P&K