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Post by Romy Ocon on Feb 3, 2010 14:15:37 GMT
A group of birdnuts guided by Prof. Jerry staked out the famous night hunter at Hardin early this evening, right after the maiden meeting of the WBNPPI Board of Directors. It arrived right on time as predicted. I chose my 5D2 for high ISO, zero natural light duty. I think the directors need to meet more often at the state U. ;D Brown Hawk-Owl ( Ninox scutulata) Habitat - Forest, edge, open scrub and early second growth. Shooting Info - UP-Diliman, Quezon City, February 3, 2010, 5D2 + 400 2.8 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 560 mm, f/4, ISO 3200, 1/50 sec, 475B/3421 support, manual exposure in artificial light, near full frame  |
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 3, 2010 14:38:11 GMT
Wow!! This is amazing Ka Mastah!! The artificial light worked wonders on its eyes, no harsh red eye when compared to a flash lighted capture!! What sort of light did you use on this?
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Post by Romy Ocon on Feb 3, 2010 18:24:52 GMT
Thanks, partner....este Mr. Vice President.  I used a 2.5M candlepower spotlight. When darkness fell, we pre-metered at a test spot using the spotlight to establish exposure values, then waited for the silent hunter. When it arrived on time, Arnold aimed the light at the bird and the sound of 4 shutters bursting (mine, Telyds', Nilo's and Alex L.'s) suddenly ripped non-stop though Hardin. We shot for just about 20 secs, before we stopped so as to minimize the disturbance on the bird's hunting. Then we took a shot at a white paper lit with the spotlight to aid WB setting later. BTW, while the shutters feasted on the bird, hundreds of mosquitos did the same thing on birdnuts. I can only pity Rey, who left his gear at home and who could only watch us from a distance while we press shutter buttons in multi-orga*ms.... he must've drooled a river while we were shooting. I'm sure though that he'll be back to feed the mosquitoes in this spot soon. ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Feb 3, 2010 19:35:58 GMT
Wow, what a beauty, both the bird and the picture. Its a good thing the light did not scare the bird away. You are a wonderful photographer. An artist at work. I can only wish I was there. Well done Romy. Mabuhay.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 3, 2010 21:17:18 GMT
I can only pity Rey, who left his gear at home and who could only watch us from a distance while we press shutter buttons in multi-orga*ms.... he must've drooled a river while we were shooting. I'm sure though that he'll be back to feed the mosquitoes in this spot soon. Not only Rey. I'm drooling myself now. Can't wait to get back my tripod from the repair shop! Perfect shot, Master (President)! |
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Post by Mark Itol on Feb 4, 2010 1:34:43 GMT
Excellent, Ka Mastah. Superb job controlling the light.
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Post by Toto Gamboa on Feb 4, 2010 9:12:05 GMT
This is another amazing shot from the Mastah! Congrats!
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Post by Romy Ocon on Feb 5, 2010 2:16:37 GMT
Thanks for the comments, folks! Finally dound some time to process (with painstaking NR work) a couple views of the bird. Shooting Info - UP-Diliman, Quezon City, February 3, 2010, 5D2 + 400 2.8 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 560 mm, f/4, ISO 3200, 1/50 sec, 475B/3421 support, manual exposure in artificial light, major crop  Shooting Info - UP-Diliman, Quezon City, February 3, 2010, 5D2 + 400 2.8 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 560 mm, f/4, ISO 3200, 1/50 sec, 475B/3421 support, manual exposure in artificial light, near full frame  |
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