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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Keith Reeder" data-source="post: 1193763" data-attributes="member: 4913">A few BIFs - 40D/100-400mm and all AF pointsI don't consider any of these to be particularly special (they are for the most part, test shots - coincidentally I was mucking about with all 9 AF points on Tuesday and was deliberately pushing my luck with iffy backgrounds) and I don't pretend that every single shot I took was this sharp and in focus, but then I'm by no means a BIF shooter.Nevertheless, these were all (to the best of my recollection) taken using all 9 AF points: they're pretty sharp and in focus, and they'll do for me.The fulmar and jackdaw are here simply to show that the 40D and 100-400mm can manage fast-flying birds too..!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />The one other thing these shots have in common is that they're all pretty big in the frame: I've got plenty of small-in-the-frame shots too, but in truth they don't look very good because they're small.</blockquote>