WELCOME R5

Baylands Nature Preserve, Palo Alto, California, Mar 2022

Palo Alto Baylands is my most favorite birding and photography spot, esp. as it is just 10 minutes drive from where I live. So naturally when I got my new Canon R5, I headed out there first. Anna’s Hummingbirds (Calypte anna) are extremely common in this area. And they turned out to be a perfect subject for the R5’s eye-tracking auto-focus. So when this male Anna’s was feeding on flowers this fine spring morning, I decided to put the R5 to test. And I wasn’t disappointed. I wonder if the hummingbird’s large eye relative to it’s body size helped the auto-focus even more. The flowers here I believe are called Pride Of Madeira (Echium candicans). As a bonus, I got some pretty sharp pics of other birds too including a Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos). Remember to use Servo with your auto-focus setting and it will continue to track the eye. I definitely have a lot more “keepers” since I upgraded to the R5.