Canon Mark IV, Fall 2011

Hawk season! First week with my new Mark IV. An excellent camera. Very similar to the MKIII but with larger files, better focus lock. Most of these are substancial crops. Slightly more saturated than the mkIII.
Golden Eagle, Hawks with prey, Local Dark Morph Hawks, White Tailed Kite Fledges, Nutmeg Mannikens

Golden Eagle, Tustin, Ca
300 2.8+canon1.4x teleconverter
300 2.8+1.4x teleconverter iso500, on a dark day, I lightened the exposure in PP and added a little contrast
300 2.8+1.4x teleconverter iso500 grey day
Mantis w/flash. He was on my hand.
My little friend on my hand, hence the pink background. ;)
My little friend taking a walk on my hand.
this little mantis lives on a yellowish rose bush. Totally different size and color than the other one!
Vermilion Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher, rare in southern california, found more inland and to the east.
from 8ft.
500mm+1.4x
The MKIV on a cloudy day. Young hawk foraging.
The Mk IV did well with cloudy exposures
did pretty well in the dark morning. I think I had the WB on Cloudy.
this one held up ok, it was underexposed and I lightened it quite a bit.
clean resize to about 8x10, no processing iso6400
crop, no processing
MkIV does well with the new 100 f2.8IS
More saturation than the MK III. Nice for macro.
Taken with the 500mm
does well in good light