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Rufous phase Cuckoo

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Posted by Helge Sorensen on July 17, 2007 at 7:49 AM
Rufous phase Cuckoo
I found an obliging Cuckoo feeing on a road the other day. Got many shots of the bird both on ground and in trees. Light was a bit harsh.

I experimented with the one-shot mode of my MarkIII and peculiar enough more than half of the shots (approx. 1000 photos) of this bird where not sharp :confused: Really strange that on a pretty stationary subject the AF just doesn't nail it everytime.

1D MarkIII + 500/4 + tc1.4; carwindow + beanbag, iso400, 1/400 F7.1. cropped 10% from left for presentation.
Posted by Alan Bryant on July 17, 2007 at 8:08 AM
Tack sharp on that eye tho :cool:

Great comp and i like the just OOF BG

I've read so much about the 1DMIII doing that :frown:

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Posted by John Chapman on July 17, 2007 at 8:19 AM
Hi Helge great capture of the Cuckoo sorry to hear about your Mark 111 what a bummer. :toast:
John
Aberdeen
Posted by David Kjaer on July 17, 2007 at 9:18 AM
Hi Helge

Nice image of a rarely seen bird. Your remarks about the AF on the MKIII when on 'one shot' on a static subject are very worrying. The failure rate is so high that I would not feel confident when using the camera - I would box it up and return it to Canon!

David :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 17, 2007 at 9:42 AM
Hi Helge,
Very nice shot , I don't have a shot of a cuckoo and I don't expect I'll be getting one anytime soon , I'm very envious indeed , I also don't own a MK111 and to be perfectly honest I don't think I want to , as David suggests , return it to Canon!!!

Kind regards
Andy... :smile:
Posted by Anthony House on July 17, 2007 at 11:43 AM
Nice image of a rarely seen bird, worry times on the MK3 front, lots being said about the AF on the MK3 some good some bad.

This site has a big write up on it http://www.birdsasart.com/bn.html in the bulletins section.

Worth a read me thinks :smile:

Tony
Posted by David Taylor on July 17, 2007 at 1:02 PM
Superb detail in the eye. Not heard a cuckoo in years around here :frown: let alone seen one.
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Posted by Barrie Courtenay on July 17, 2007 at 1:47 PM
Love this Helge...........stunner

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Posted by Major Gilbert on July 17, 2007 at 2:52 PM
Great opportunity Helge of a bird now in decline.
In spite of your problems youve done well.

:toast: Major
Posted by Graeme Lee on July 17, 2007 at 3:42 PM
I'd just be happy to see one Helge!!

well done on getting such a good shot of it :toast:
Posted by Colin Pickett on July 17, 2007 at 4:01 PM
Hi Helge

A great shot the detail and sharpess are superb, I've only ever seen these at a distance. Sorry about the camera.

Regards :toast:
Posted by Malcolm Muir on July 17, 2007 at 6:20 PM
Great image Helge - love that eye!

Malcolm :toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on July 18, 2007 at 2:22 AM
Nice capture Helge :toast:

Definately return that body to Canon :frown:
Posted by PhilH on July 18, 2007 at 3:58 AM
Nice one... you are lucky to have the opportunity to photograph these....

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Posted by Mark Sisson on July 18, 2007 at 7:10 AM
Echoing all previous comments, nice stuff of an all to rare sight these days.

Mark
Posted by Paula Graham on July 18, 2007 at 4:56 PM
Amazing bird. Sorry about the struggles with your new camera.