Post by Sylvia Ramos on Nov 6, 2010 8:54:19 GMT
This was also one of the birds I really wanted to see in Mt. Kitanglad. During the Bird Fair in Davao, Nicky showed us the full frame with a point and shoot that he took of this bird and we decided right there and then to go to Mt. Kitanglad during our son's next school break!
This individual was in the trees just outside the lodge. When we heard it calling, we followed Nicky out into the muddy trail, in the dark to find this bird. We decided to use our big lenses to get good detail. It was very narrow and there was no place to use our tripods so we handheld our rigs. I had a hard time hand holding my rig plus the flash and flash bracket. My arms were shaking after a few shots and I had to rest the camera on Nicky's shoulder! We used manual focus for these shots because AF would not work in the dark.
Philippine Frogmouth Batrachostomus septimus
My picture - I wanted to show the huge beak of this bird
Canon 7d+300 2.8+1.4tc, 580EX2, flash bracket, hand held
f4.5, iso160, 1/250, aperture priority -2/1EV, manual focus
Tonji's picture - you can see the tail clearly here
Canon 5dMk2+500, 580EX2, better beamer, hand held
f6.3, iso320, 1/200, manual exposure, manual focus
This individual was in the trees just outside the lodge. When we heard it calling, we followed Nicky out into the muddy trail, in the dark to find this bird. We decided to use our big lenses to get good detail. It was very narrow and there was no place to use our tripods so we handheld our rigs. I had a hard time hand holding my rig plus the flash and flash bracket. My arms were shaking after a few shots and I had to rest the camera on Nicky's shoulder! We used manual focus for these shots because AF would not work in the dark.
Philippine Frogmouth Batrachostomus septimus
My picture - I wanted to show the huge beak of this bird
Canon 7d+300 2.8+1.4tc, 580EX2, flash bracket, hand held
f4.5, iso160, 1/250, aperture priority -2/1EV, manual focus
Tonji's picture - you can see the tail clearly here
Canon 5dMk2+500, 580EX2, better beamer, hand held
f6.3, iso320, 1/200, manual exposure, manual focus
