Thanks Jon. Nothing chosen about the phase, just dumb luck at 0430 CST. I usually walk the dogs about 0500 so it's not that early to me. It's interesting in that I tried some on the back suspended wood deck and just my heartbeat while looking through the viewfinder (not touching the camera or tripod) would shake the lens. Yeah, I've got to get my hypertension under control. Anyways, I went to the front concrete step and shot with mirror locked up and IR remote. I've never used the live view you suggestedso that's another step for me to take. I did shoot with the 500/f4 without the extender but may try adding the 1.4x next time. What you see is pretty heavily cropped so I think that if my goal is to print out at 13x19 I'd need a few more pixels to look sharp. Here's what this one was shot at:


5d MkII


500/f4 with IS


AV mode, f/4


1/3200 shutter speed


0 EV


800 ISO


IS activated