Thank you John and Joel,


Joel, I like the wing pose of the bird, shooting bird-in-fly at eye level really brings a different perspective, I do agree that it would be better if the bird is coming at you and more detail and light on the head.


John, I believe the hummingbird shot was taken at MDF, image was cropped 50%, orginal size would be around 8-9mpx. No extension tube was used.


7D update, I no longer have problem with images being flat straight out of the 7D. When I first got my 7D, and was afraid of the noise the 18mpx sensor brought, I tried to expose to the right, and I did it too much [] resulting in overexposed images. Theavocet shot has no exposure adjustment,I wish I had more black feather detail though. The hummingbird shotIhad to darkened the image about0.17stop in DPP and cloned in somedetailover the overexposed white feather on the chest[].


Someone mentioned in earlier post that when I get the 7D, my 40D would spend more time in the bag, he was right.! The more I use it the moreI like it. 40D has been decommissioned from active bird shooting andis now paired with the 16-35 f/2.8L for quick family snaps.[]


I'm currently reading Authur Morris' 7D Users Guide, I have found some very useful tips but not yet finished with the entire guide. I will let you guys/gals know if it's worth spending $28.