Thank you 
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So where you heading?
somewhere sun blessed and not gray and drizzly 
and I would bet you would be itching to be up front
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Sneaking pics of the stewardess… Nobody wants pic of the captains 
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Same guy seen over here also.
I wonder what treasure it is holding with the other hand against it’s belly.
And sure hope he will not meet our cats. I already got one ‘gift’ this week. Dead mouse in the front of shower door.
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Be nice if we had some more red ones.
@Scoop - we have to check the garden every time before opening the back door - our dog is just as bad. I will upload a couple of videos of other visitors our canine friends would like to enjoy, soon.
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Gran Canaria for a week without fixing lorries, driving lorries or answering the phone to stupid people all week.
I don’t even care if it rains 
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Mr. Grackle was doing his thing again Friday. I have been trying to catch him in flight - and that is a serious challenge of balancing how much zoom to use. Too little, and I cannot crop and retain detail like @Derbysieger with the Canon R5’s 45MP, as I only have 24MP. Too much and staying on target is impossible. He also very agile and would make a sneaky dogfighter as a pilot - he frequently will take off to one side, then with lightning agility drop the opposing wing and change direction. He also will fly towards me, daring me to get the shot - I think he knows what a camera is.
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Nicely done 
Catching birds in flight is never easy, especially at the long end of a 400mm
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I did those on the 70-200 as it was overcast and evening and the aperture really helped. Challenge two being while I wanted to use the 2.5-infinity focus limiter, 2.5m is longer than I thought so I had to leave it full range. Focal ranges are a mix of 100 and 200mm, cropped. (Can’t forget the crop sensor factor making that 160-320mm for FF.)
Autofocus catching the right spot is also a gamble, and the hunting is a while to recover if it misses.
I did also try the 100-400, which seems to be a bit snappier (I guess since it isn’t adapted) but it can fall into the same traps.
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Oh, nice
It’s not so much the adapter but the lighter Glas and better AF motors (mostly). I had the opportunity to test both the EF70-200mm F2.8 L IS III USM and the RF70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM and AF performance between the two is almost identical on the R5 with a slight advantage to the RF lens
The 70-200mm Mk II is simply an older design.
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Promised a couple of garden visitor videos - the first is the local Sparrowhawk, feasting on poor “Woody” the wood pigeon…
…and then, on another day, a couple of Muntjac deer (probably mother and young) scouting our garden for titbits.Amazing, considering the dog’s scent must have been everywhere - but the woods behind us are filled with these deer and we can always hear them barking away day and night.
In both videos the background mumbling is just me and the Mrs…
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Cool bird! Smaller than I thought (didn’t realize till you zoomed back out and saw him sitting on the hedge).
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It’s body is about the size of a normal pigeon. The wood pigeons they often kill for food usually look bigger than they are and certainly heavier. There’s a video on YouTube of one actually doing this.
The Sparrowhawk basically spreads its talons and stands on top of the pigeon, preventing it from getting away.
The worst thing is hearing the sparrows when the hawk is trying to get one of them - such a terrified screeching as they all scatter in panic.
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The Spring Breaking Benjamin tour wrapped up in Knoxville last night. So my wife and I grabbed tickets a while back. Bush was the other main performer and performed very well. They played their hits and didn’t disappoint.
Breaking Benjamin was also awesome. Second time seeing them. Although Ben had a voice bug, so that limited how much he sang. Still a great night.
Bush performing Machinehead
Heavy is the Ocean
Comedown
Breaking Ben
Blow Me Away
Angels Fall
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I havent fitted a tyre, fixed a broken tail light, laid in the dark with a differential above me, laid in ■■■■ in a layby or had to listen to a lorry driver tell me the “easier way to do that” for 3 days.
Its. Bliss.
I may be a little drunk
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So, hey, did you reveal your car eventually??
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