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Thanks Jonathan .... that is a wonderful compliment and I am likewise impressed by your images here as well.

Thanks Brant.

I have had some fun with the R5 and flight shots of the pair of Tanagers in my yard. The key is that I noticed they have a very consistent flight path to and from the feeders....

Forgot to include the Hairy Woodpecker portrait in my collection. Still trying for a Red Headed Woodpecker.

https://joeleadephotography.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p542736438-5.jpg

Male Summer Tanager

https://joeleadephotography.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p154191723-4.jpg

Female Pileated Woodpecker

https://joeleadephotography.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p685592653-5.jpg

Thanks! Moved my set up a bit closer for a bit more extreme close ups.

Woodpecker portraits
https://joeleadephotography.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p490183754-5.jpg
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Female Summer Tanager

https://joeleadephotography.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p797747395-5.jpg
Canon R5
EF 600mm f/4L
1/4000 sec
iso 2500
f/4.5

Animal eye tracking worked pretty well on these...

Zach is the winner this week with "Midnight Blue"

Good choice, congrats Zach!

Eastern Towhee

https://joeleadephotography.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p663006936-5.jpg

Excellent choice....Congrats Brant....beautiful bird well captured!

Jayson....thanks for your ideas but, to me, it might look unnatural to have both birds in focus since they were perched pretty...

A few more.....
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Some recent backyard visitors

Great Crested Flycatcher
https://joeleadephotography.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p488231570-4.jpg

Female Summer Tanager...

Colorful couple

https://joeleadephotography.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p548450173-6.jpg
Female and Male Summer Tanagers
R5 + Canon EF 600mm f/4L
1/200
iso 4000
f/4.0

I have had a pair of...

Sony A1 does pretty well for a high res high end camera.....I might have switched but for my Canon lenses

Hard to get a depth of field to cover 240,000 miles......LOL

A possible solution for this image is Topaz Sharpen AI.

Don't know if you have tried it but .... it is amazing sometimes what it can do for a slightly out of focus image.

I would select the...

I have been generally very impressed with the sharpness of the RF100-500 lens.

Good explanations have already been given for the variance in your images.....I think there is a good possibility...

Owls are around my place but not easy to see and even harder to image, in fact my house is adjacent to Owl Creek:rolleyes:

Great flight image, I had a feeling it would be hard to beat, congrats...

I would agree.....it's probably more the effect of tough conditions with little contrast between the subject and things around it.

I have not had a ton of birds in flight experience with the R5...

Congrats Mark!

Thanks a bunch!!! I feel lucky to win among a group of outstanding images.

Congrats Brant!!

Curved Billed Trasher

https://joeleadephotography.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p455685338-5.jpg