Seen a Ruddy-breasted Crake in the field yet?

[Romy Ocon]

If not yet, here's a short footage of one of these secretive birds filmed in a dark recess at the Sta. Cruz mangroves.

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Ruddy-breasted Crake (Porzana fusca, resident)

Habitat - Uncommon in wetlands, including ricefields and marshes.

Shooting Info - Sta. Cruz, Zambales, Philippines, April 25, 2011,1D MIV + EF 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4 TC II, 700 mm, 475B/516 support, 1/60 sec, ISO 3200, f/5.6, manual exposure in available light, filmed in 1080/30p and slowed down to 23.976p/resized to 1280x534 (2.4 aspect ratio).

[Neon Rosell II]

Wow! now I have! Thanks for suppressing the urge to shoot still. I just can imagine how dark it is if a 3200 ISO was used. Awesome video as always, Ka Mastha!

[Luis (Chito) Limchiu]

WOW!! Thanks a lot Romy!

[Steve Albano]

a clean capture in video.. .thanks for sharing.

[mantarey]

Great video Mastah, my first time to see one.

[Romy Ocon]

Thanks, Neon, Chito, Steve and Rey!


In case you're wondering why my newer videos are rendered to a 1:2.4 aspect ratio, there are two good reasons: (1) to make the footage more "cinematic" and (2) to save on bandwidth. An embedded 16:9 clip is usually 640x360 pixels, while a 2.4:1 is 640x267 pixels. The latter has about 26% lower data throughput than the first, thus making it possible to download/view in real time even with 384 kbps connections.

[Tirso Paris]

Thank you Ka Mastah Romy. Beautifully done under difficult lighting. Congratulations!

[Neon Rosell II]

That's why I was wondering, how come the video was loading way faster than the actual time and there's no lag! Thanks again for this information!!

Apr 28, 2011 9:42:34 GMT Romy Ocon said:

Thanks, Neon, Chito, Steve and Rey!


In case you're wondering why my newer videos are rendered to a 1:2.4 aspect ratio, there are two good reasons: (1) to make the footage more "cinematic" and (2) to save on bandwidth. An embedded 16:9 clip is usually 640x360 pixels, while a 2.4:1 is 640x267 pixels. The latter has about 26% lower data throughput than the first, thus making it possible to download/view in real time even with 384 kbps connections.

[William Lim]

So clean at ISO3200. Great video, Romy.

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

I have, last year, at Nueva Vizcaya. Wasn't able to take a decent photo, let along video.

Thanks for sharing the video and the tip to save bandwidth!

[Mark Itol]

Great video especially the lighting condition, Ka Mastah.

Can't wait to see the still photo (if there is any).

[Romy Ocon]

Thanks, Tirso, Neon, Edu, William and Mark!

Apr 28, 2011 13:47:28 GMT Mark Itol said:

Great video especially the lighting condition, Ka Mastah.

Can't wait to see the still photo (if there is any).

I did take some record-type stills first. But the crake was moving and I had to use ISO 6400 to make 1/160 sec. I decided that shooting video (where 1/60s is useable) will get the most out of the bad lighting situation.

Ruddy-breasted Crake (Porzana fusca, resident)
Shooting Info - Sta. Cruz, Zambales, Philippines, April 25, 2011, Canon 1D MIV + EF 500 f4 IS + 1.4x TC II, 700 mm, f/5.6, ISO 6400, 1/160 sec, manual exposure in available light, 475B/516 support.

[Tonji Ramos]

Wow, very nice. I have never seen this bird. Great find Romy.

[Mark Itol]

Still nice image despite the tough shooting condition, Ka Mastah.

[Ely Teehankee]

It must have been pure joy to see a bird as uncommon as the Ruddy-breasted Crake for the first time and being able to share it with us who are seeing it for the first time. Although I don't know if your heart beat faster than usual when you saw this bird, I am sure you were also kind of excited to see it. It is a fullfilling capture, well done Romy & Mabuhay.