Female Coppersmith Barbet (Cebu Race)

[Bobby Kintanar]

A 3-day vacation netted me some females. hehehe.

Female Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala cebuensis)

EOS 40D; Canon 400mm F5.6 L with Sigma 2X Teleconverter (800mm); 1/1500 Sec @ f/13 +1.5 EV; ISO 1600; Manual Focus; Hand-held :



And a heavily backlit Female Pygmy Woodpecker: (Dendrocopos maculatos) (Poor Quality)

EOS 40D; Canon 400mm F5.6 L with Sigma 2X Teleconverter (800mm); 1/400 Sec @ f/13 +1EV; ISO 1600; Manual Focus; Hand-held :

[Romy Ocon]

Wow, manually focused and hand held 800 mm.... you and Plain Tina (she does the same with a 300 f4 IS + 2x) are human tripods!

Nice close up of this tiny canopy-dweller, Bobby!

[Bob Kaufman]

Handholding a 400x2!!! wow, tukayo, that is impressive and so are the shots!

[Martin Alvendia]

Love the colors on the Barbet Bobby! Nice catch!

[Bobby Kintanar]

Thanks guys. I had to shoot at Hi-ISO to get proper hand-holdable shots. I noticed in mos of my shots that HI-ISO can cause a loss of ultimate detail. Lesson learned: Shoot at HI-ISO only when absolutely necessary! :-)