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Post by Romy Ocon on Feb 16, 2008 1:01:15 GMT
This week's motif is RESTING BIRDS - please post your photos here of wild birds captured while these are resting, with eyes closed.
Thanks to pitsew (Nestor) for suggesting this week's motif.
Posting is voluntary, and if your bird pic doesn't fit the week's motif, you can post these as usual in the Bird Photos section. Only mods can open new motif threads, but all members can post and even guests can view the posts. Multiple posts are allowed too.
Let's post shooting info and standardize our presentation (see format of my first post) so viewers will know how the photo was taken:
Common name (scientific name)
Place and date of capture
Shooting detail.
Romy
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Post by Romy Ocon on Feb 16, 2008 1:03:40 GMT
Go ahead and post your shots, gang. This is a tough motif, and even if I have some shots of a Philippine Nightjar, let me hunt for non-nightjar photos in my galleries.  |
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Post by Romy Ocon on Feb 16, 2008 1:07:41 GMT
Whoah..... I got one! The middle nestling is definitely resting, with its eyes closed. Black-naped Monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) 20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 700 mm, f/7.1, 1/500 sec, ISO 400, 475B/3421 support:  |
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Post by Reyno Rosete on Feb 16, 2008 2:45:11 GMT
Too tired after a night's hunt, I found this Barred Owl sleeping atop a fence post along the way going to the Orlando Wetlands last year. 30D EF500 F4 1/4000s RAW Handheld (Why F4 - the bg was too near the subject and I wanted a shallow DOF to create a better looking and somehow creamy bokeh)  |
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Post by Romy Ocon on Feb 16, 2008 3:44:47 GMT
Wow.... that shot fits the motif perfectly, Reyno!  Too tired after a night's hunt, I found this Barred Owl sleeping atop a fence post along the way going to the Orlando Wetlands last year. 30D EF500 F4 1/4000s RAW Handheld (Why F4 - the bg was too near the subject and I wanted a shallow DOF to create a better looking and somehow creamy bokeh) |
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Post by Bob Kaufman on Feb 16, 2008 4:42:04 GMT
Reyno, that is a perfect example of a resting bird. Master Romy, cute, sleeping baby bird. |
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Post by Farmer Nestor on Feb 16, 2008 11:44:28 GMT
My share....... Barn Owl Tyto alba Local name (Yoruba) "e-yee Owiwi" Location: Bonny Island Nigeria December 9, 2006 400D + 70-300mm IS USM Focal Length 165 mm Exposure Time 1/200 sec Aperture f/5.6 ISO Equivalent 400  |
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Post by Romy Ocon on Feb 17, 2008 1:09:00 GMT
Very nice motif shot, Nestor.... it resembles our own Grass Owl.
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Post by Bob Kaufman on Feb 18, 2008 1:50:26 GMT
Got this yesterday. A grebe that got a red-eye from lack of sleep ;D Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) Bolsa Chica, 2/16/07 30D, 100-400@400mm, 1/640, f9, ISO-320, handheld RAW  |
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Post by Romy Ocon on Feb 18, 2008 3:46:13 GMT
Brilliant motif photo, Bob.... is this the grebe species that does a very interesting mating dance?
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Post by Bob Kaufman on Feb 19, 2008 3:28:40 GMT
Brilliant motif photo, Bob.... is this the grebe species that does a very interesting mating dance? Romy, yes. Unfortunately I have not had the chance to witness that spectacle.  |
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