https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Photographing-a-Spectacled-Parrotlet-at-Distance-with-the-Canon/m-p/601666#M11811 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="20250915-392195-2.jpg" style="width: 768px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/76931i790740298B1478EC/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="20250915-392195-2.jpg" alt="20250915-392195-2.jpg" /></span></P> <P>Just after sunrise at Caracolí Bird House in Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia, I captured this Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus) from 10 meters away.</P> <P>Using the Canon R5 with the RF800mm f/11 lens and 1.4x extender (effective 1120mm), I pushed the ISO to 3200 in the low dawn light and let the camera select 1/45 second at f/16. The R5’s exceptional stabilization allowed me to shoot handheld at this slow shutter speed while keeping the bird’s vivid lime-green plumage and crisp white eye-rings sharp.</P> <P>The combination of reach, stabilization, and high-ISO performance made this shot possible without disturbing this tiny, fast-moving parrotlet.</P> <P>©2026 Adam Rainoff Photographer</P> Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:24:00 GMT adamrainoff 2026-07-10T07:24:00Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Photographing-a-Spectacled-Parrotlet-at-Distance-with-the-Canon/m-p/601666#M11811 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="20250915-392195-2.jpg" style="width: 768px;"><img src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/76931i790740298B1478EC/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="20250915-392195-2.jpg" alt="20250915-392195-2.jpg" /></span></P> <P>Just after sunrise at Caracolí Bird House in Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia, I captured this Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus) from 10 meters away.</P> <P>Using the Canon R5 with the RF800mm f/11 lens and 1.4x extender (effective 1120mm), I pushed the ISO to 3200 in the low dawn light and let the camera select 1/45 second at f/16. The R5’s exceptional stabilization allowed me to shoot handheld at this slow shutter speed while keeping the bird’s vivid lime-green plumage and crisp white eye-rings sharp.</P> <P>The combination of reach, stabilization, and high-ISO performance made this shot possible without disturbing this tiny, fast-moving parrotlet.</P> <P>©2026 Adam Rainoff Photographer</P> Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:24:00 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/Share-Your-Photos/Photographing-a-Spectacled-Parrotlet-at-Distance-with-the-Canon/m-p/601666#M11811 adamrainoff 2026-07-10T07:24:00Z