Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM Official Image Thread

[West Coast Birder]

Please share your images taken with this amazing lens. Please include EXIF data if possible.

Here are a couple of my shots:

Northern flicker in my backyard in Portland, Oregon.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II, ƒ/4.0 500.0 mm 1/800 1600ISO

Reddish Egret at Bolsa Chica Nature Preserve in Huntington Beach, CA.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II, ƒ/5.6 700.0 mm 1/2500 800ISO

 

[West Coast Birder]

Canon EOS 7D Mark II EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III ƒ/5.6 700.0mm 1/250s 400ISO

 

[gokusan1972]

Excellent image of the moon, congratulations.

 

[bobpal]

Please share your images taken with this amazing lens. Please include EXIF data if possible.

Here are a couple of my shots:

Northern flicker in my backyard in Portland, Oregon.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II, ƒ/4.0 500.0 mm 1/800 1600ISO

Reddish Egret at Bolsa Chica Nature Preserve in Huntington Beach, CA.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II, ƒ/5.6 700.0 mm 1/2500 800ISO

I love both of these but that first one is WOW!

 

[West Coast Birder]

I love both of these but that first one is WOW!

Thanks, Bob! Yeah, that first one is probably one of the finest photos I have ever taken. Everything just fell into place in one magical moment - the pose, the lighting and the focus.

 

[West Coast Birder]

 

[West Coast Birder]

Juvenile yellow-crowned night heron at Playa Del Rey Lagoon in Southern California.


Canon EOS 7D Mark II EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III ƒ/5.6 700.0mm 1/500s 800ISO

 

[KaosImagery]

My sister and I have a small beach cottage on a bay on eastern Long Island. There's a 10x10 covered deck on the front lawn that looks out at the bay, which is six miles across. I like to sit out there in the late afternoon, have a cocktail, and look for photo ops. The 500 f/4 II is on a Wimberly gimbal and Induro tripod.

Here's a nice sport fishing cruiser that went by. R5, 1/4000, f/8, ISO 1250, at 1000mm (had the 2x III TC on)

 

[KaosImagery]

And here's a heron looking for it's dinner.

R5, 1/4000, f/8, ISO 3200, 1000mm (again 2x III TC)

 

[ChuckMiller]

And here's a heron looking for it's dinner.

R5, 1/4000, f/8, ISO 3200, 1000mm (again 2x III TC)
View attachment 5601

VERY nice.

 

[Keith]

Canon EOS 7D Mark II EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III ƒ/5.6 700.0mm 1/250s 400ISO

Great Moon shot. That looks like from two days ago, although we were getting snow here where I am. I’ve taken some shots with my new Nikon P1000, but while I get good definition along the twilight zone, it’s been blown out once it gets on around to the sunny side. Do you have a HDI setting, or shoot under, then post process?
Oh and I LOOOOVE that Flicker pic!

 

[West Coast Birder]

Oregon dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis oreganus):

My backyard in Portland, Oregon. I never tire of taking pictures of these photogenic birds.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II | EF500mm f/4L IS II USM | ƒ/4.0 | 500.0 mm | 1/320 | 1600 ISO | Flash (off, did not fire)

 

[mike.cambridge]

(I think it would have been better if I'd stopped the lens down a bit so the wings were in focus too, but it shows the accuracy of the R5 eye focus quite nicely!)

 

[Mr Roboto]

Please share your images taken with this amazing lens. Please include EXIF data if possible.

Here are a couple of my shots:

Northern flicker in my backyard in Portland, Oregon.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II, ƒ/4.0 500.0 mm 1/800 1600ISO

Sam - that northern flicker shot is amazing!

 

[West Coast Birder]

Hooded oriole (Icterus cucullatus) in Southern California.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II | EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III | ƒ/5.6 | 700.0 mm | 1/800 | 1600 ISO​

 

[West Coast Birder]

With the 7D Mark II and 1.4X III.

 

[2slo2]

The far side of a frozen pond, a 100% crop:



A pheasant walking on ice by Mark, on Flickr

 

[West Coast Birder]

The far side of a frozen pond, a 100% crop:



A pheasant walking on ice by Mark, on Flickr

Looks amazing for a 100% crop, Mark! Great shot! Wow, looks like very cold weather on both sides of the ditch.

 

[2slo2]

Looks amazing for a 100% crop, Mark! Great shot! Wow, looks like very cold weather on both sides of the ditch.

Thanks, -3 when I got back to my car after taking this today, which has warmed up from a couple of weeks back when I saw -15 one day.

 

[Cliff Hilbert]

The far side of a frozen pond, a 100% crop:



A pheasant walking on ice by Mark, on Flickr

Beautiful shot!