Cisticola in flight

[Romy Ocon]

Got this at the vacant yard near our house this morning. ;D


{EDIT - The originally posted photo was a composite of two shots of the same bird. I re-processed the capture to insert a third, intermediate shot.}




Bright-Capped Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
Shooting info - Paranaque City, August 5, 2010, 1D4 + 400 5.6L, 1/2000 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400, hand held, manual exposure in available light, major crop, composite of three shots of the same bird.

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

WOW! Interesting to see how they tuck their legs differently from other flyers.

[Toto Gamboa]

Wahahahaha. You are setting a new standard in BIFs mastah!

[Mark Itol]

Hehehe, Ka Mastah is getting bored waiting for the migrants. ;D Super job freezing these little fliers in mid-air!

[ppaaoolloo]

Excellent, excellent, what else can I say? Excellent!

[gabriel buluran]

wow shooting these tiny and fast fliers is a notches up shooting ducks and terns and herons! you really are the mastah!

[Romy Ocon]

Thanks for the comments, folks!

Aug 5, 2010 3:06:13 GMT Mark Itol said:

Hehehe, Ka Mastah is getting bored waiting for the migrants. ;D Super job freezing these little fliers in mid-air!

You're right Mark.... these guys keep the rust off the shutter finger till the migrants arrive. Here's another backyard BIF from this morning. ;D


Zebra Dove (Geopelia striata)
Shooting info - Paranaque City, August 5, 2010, 1D4 + 400 5.6L, 1/2000 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400, hand held, manual exposure in available light, major crop.

[William Lim]

Fantastic, Romy.

[alainpascua]

Amazing BIF!

[Ely Teehankee]

What a beautiful set of BIF. I cannot imaging myself being able to take a series like these with my 300mm f2.8. Did you noticed the expression on the bird's face? They are almost identical. Bravo Romy. Well done. Mabuhay.

[Nilo Arribas Jr.]

WOW, you just raised the bar of BIF photography Romy. Excellent details of the flying cisticola. Thanks for sharing.

[Ralf Nabong]

The BIF King strikes again!