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Post by Romy Ocon on Mar 12, 2008 6:52:00 GMT
Here's sharing another capture from yesterday's Candaba sortie. As the BIF flew closer to me, the distance between the bird and its BG became greater, rendering the latter more out-of-focus (and melting the BG into a desirable bokeh). This is a tough situation even for the 1DM2's AF - a terrestial background can easily attract the AF sensor's attention, while the fast changing camera-subject distance pushes the 1dm2's predictive AI servo to the limits. Sometimes, I get lucky to be able to keep the bead on the fast incoming bird, and the gear does it job. ;D Black-crowned Night-Heron ( Nycticorax nycticorax) 1DM2 + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 700 mm, f/7.1, 1/1600 sec, ISO 400, manual exposure, 475B/3421 support:  |
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Post by bindi on Mar 12, 2008 8:09:18 GMT
Beautiful exposure, Romy! Did you notice how full that Heron's crop is? It looks like it just gobbled a huge frog or something, hehe:)
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Post by Reyno Rosete on Mar 12, 2008 13:59:46 GMT
Outstanding in-flight capture as always Romy !!!
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Post by Bob Kaufman on Mar 12, 2008 15:52:50 GMT
Excellent bokeh and very sharp BIF.
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Post by Bobby Kintanar on Mar 13, 2008 0:19:31 GMT
As usual Ka Mastah - beautiful shot.  |
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Post by Romy Ocon on Mar 13, 2008 9:30:06 GMT
Thanks, Bindi, Reyno, Bob and Bobby! Tired of night-herons already?.... wait, there's more! ;D ;D ;D An immature - 1DM2 + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support:  An adult - 1DM2 + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support:  Romy |
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Post by Manny Illana on Mar 13, 2008 9:42:31 GMT
impressive shots romy! bravo! love the bokeh.
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Mar 13, 2008 10:14:54 GMT
Here's sharing another capture from yesterday's Candaba sortie. As the BIF flew closer to me, the distance between the bird and its BG became greater, rendering the latter more out-of-focus (and melting the BG into a desirable bokeh). This is a tough situation even for the 1DM2's AF - a terrestial background can easily attract the AF sensor's attention, while the fast changing camera-subject distance pushes the 1dm2's predictive AI servo to the limits. Sometimes, I get lucky to be able to keep the bead on the fast incoming bird, and the gear does it job. ;D Black-crowned Night-Heron ( Nycticorax nycticorax) 1DM2 + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 700 mm, f/7.1, 1/1600 sec, ISO 400, manual exposure, 475B/3421 support: Wow!! I really love the bokeh when it's vegetation or mountains. I have a greater problem with this situation especially when the 1.4x TC is coupled with the 300 f4 IS, even more with the 2x TC. The hit and miss ratio is frustrating. Even if I have the bird centered the focusing time of this set up is so slow that I have to half press the shutter several times for the camera to adjust its focus and when it does the bird position is not ideal anymore. Really itching to go to Candaba!!!! |
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Post by Bobby Kintanar on Mar 13, 2008 11:44:50 GMT
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Post by William Lim on Mar 15, 2008 7:47:32 GMT
Beautiful and sharp shots. Love it.
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Post by gil on Mar 16, 2008 0:28:20 GMT
Incoming is always tough. Great job Romy.
gil
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Post by reneripr on Mar 16, 2008 3:02:04 GMT
This are really amazing BIF shots!!!  |
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