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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 1, 2010 22:34:11 GMT
This relatively small bird has always been tough for me as it always stays on the topmost branch so my past photos were either from a bad-angle or severely backlit (or both). Was lucky enough to do a good-enough long shot as the bird perched on branch slightly lower than my backyard fence. Note the orange-ish cheek. Can anyone confirm (or correct) my ID? f/8, 1/80s, ISO160 manual focus, manual exposuref/8, 1/125s, ISO160 manual focus, manual exposureCanon 40D + Canon 400mm 5.6L + Kenko 1.4xTC Manfrotto monopod + Benro gimbal head
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Post by Romy Ocon on Feb 1, 2010 23:36:43 GMT
Love the shooting angle and BG, Ding!
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Feb 1, 2010 23:46:24 GMT
I am wondering why you prefer to use manual focus when you are not using a TC. Nevertheless the picture came out perfectly focus. You even got the color of the cheeks which we never get to see because the bird is usually far away. Very nice. Well done Ding. Mabuhay.
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Post by Mark Itol on Feb 2, 2010 1:11:29 GMT
Lovely background and you got it at eye-level. Congrats, Ding!
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Post by Eric Patdu on Feb 2, 2010 1:15:30 GMT
Great capture of the flycatcher.
The "cheek" is actually the gape which indicates that the bird is still young.
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Post by mantarey on Feb 2, 2010 2:08:42 GMT
Great details in beautiful background. Good job Ding.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 2, 2010 4:19:55 GMT
I am wondering why you prefer to use manual focus when you are not using a TC. Nevertheless the picture came out perfectly focus. You even got the color of the cheeks which we never get to see because the bird is usually far away. Very nice. Well done Ding. Mabuhay. A matter of habit, really. I always found that auto-focus often focused on branches and leaves, seldom on the bird so I just trained myself to be quick-on-the-ring. This one, BTW, I used the TC so no choice but manual. Thanks!
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 2, 2010 4:36:58 GMT
Great capture of the flycatcher. The "cheek" is actually the gape which indicates that the bird is still young. Darn! And I thought I already discovered the new specie Flycatcherus Carpious.
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Feb 2, 2010 11:56:15 GMT
+1 on the BG and pose! Nice to see this species from that level. Often they are perched really high.
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Post by Toto Gamboa on Feb 2, 2010 14:09:58 GMT
Nice shot Ding! The bird looks so thin though!
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Post by Ronnie Dominguez on Feb 2, 2010 14:22:14 GMT
beautiful capture, the background rendition is very good too at your combination of exposure settings
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