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Post by Neon Rosell II on Jul 16, 2011 2:56:44 GMT
On the morning of my first day on my "living out" privileges, glad it was not revoked in my prison, this OBS was seen by Aphine bathing in the wet leaves, from an early plant watering by our helper. Looks like its molting time again for our feathered friends. Got some of the withdrawals cured, but still shaking a bit. ;D   Olive-backed Sunbird ( Cinnyris jugularis) - Cainta, July 14, 2011 5DM2 + 300 mm f4 IS + 1.4x Sigma TC, f6.3, 1/60 sec, ISO 500, Av priority, Hand held.  |
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Jul 16, 2011 3:07:38 GMT
Its hard to tell if its male or female but the colors are so different when their feathers are fully grown. Clear as day. I can see the blue sky on the reflection of the bird's eye. Well done Neon & Mabuhay.
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Post by Ramon Quisumbing on Jul 16, 2011 4:43:46 GMT
Excellent macro shot, Neon! With 300 mm and 1.4 TC, how close were you to the OBS to get such a shot?
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Post by des on Jul 16, 2011 13:32:31 GMT
How do you manage to hand hold it and get such a crisp shot at 1/60?
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Jul 16, 2011 17:19:58 GMT
Its hard to tell if its male or female but the colors are so different when their feathers are fully grown. Clear as day. I can see the blue sky on the reflection of the bird's eye. Well done Neon & Mabuhay. Thanks Ely, yes, it's difficult when they are young, looks like this one is only several weeks after fledgling or on its first molt. The yellowish gape is still slightly visible. |
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Jul 16, 2011 17:23:50 GMT
Excellent macro shot, Neon! With 300 mm and 1.4 TC, how close were you to the OBS to get such a shot? Thanks Ramon! the exif data says it was 2.5m luckily the MFD of the 300 f4 was 1.5m. The bird was just outside our front door, I just opened the door slightly and fired away. It's good that I remember to switch the MFD from 3 to 1.5m when I saw how close the bird was. |
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Jul 16, 2011 17:48:42 GMT
How do you manage to hand hold it and get such a crisp shot at 1/60? Thanks Des, with this slow shutter speed and hand held it's good to shoot in burst, the success rate is quite low but you'll get at least one in 10. I got a little better with 2/10 shots. Below is the other shot that made it. same shooting details as above except for the shutter speed of 1/80 sec.  |
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Post by Mick Harris on Jul 16, 2011 20:29:42 GMT
Two great shots.
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Post by mantarey on Jul 17, 2011 7:41:04 GMT
Beautiful capture Neon. The tons of details are amazing.  |
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Post by Lawrence Lo on Jul 17, 2011 10:57:48 GMT
Neon I can see you from the reflection on the eyes of the OBS  Great close up shot, its very hard to get this close. Congrats |
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Post by Edwin Matias on Jul 20, 2011 9:21:12 GMT
Sir Neon,
Great Capture, at 1/60, Great Handling Sir.. Thumbs Up...
Regards,
Edwin
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Post by Tonji Ramos on Jul 26, 2011 13:19:07 GMT
Nice and close Neon. But it seems a bit green to me.
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Aug 12, 2011 19:02:20 GMT
Thanks again Guys! Before leaving for prison this OBS went back to bade me goodbye. Not sure if it is the same OBS that was photographed molting earlier but now its looking good. Olive-backed Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis) - Cainta, August 6, 2011 5DM2 + 300 mm f4 IS + 1.4x Sigma TC, f6.3, 1/160 sec, ISO 1000, Tv priority, Hand held.  It seems I have problems calibrating my white balance  (see previous photo), looks like I got it right this time.  |
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Post by ppaaoolloo on Aug 13, 2011 4:41:17 GMT
I <3 your last photo the most. |
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Post by Eric Patdu on Aug 14, 2011 1:17:57 GMT
Whoaa! Very nice close up shots. I like the last one too.
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Aug 14, 2011 13:53:30 GMT
Is that the iris of the reflection of you? Excellent Macro shots once again Neon! |
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Sept 5, 2011 16:33:05 GMT
Look how this bird turned out, she looks awesome! almost two months after I took the photo where it was molting July 14, 2011. But I bungled, as always when having withdrawal symptoms, forgot to check my settings before taking the shot. My gears were already packed and I was about to leave the house when this bird appeared in front of the window. I hurriedly unpacked and assembled my gear and clicked away thinking that the setting was for shooting birds, as always, forgetting that a day before I was shooting landscape and the focus setting was set for all AF points. The shallow DOF got the head way OOF, even as I was aiming for the head most of the AF points focused on its shoulder. I applied 3 passes of USM to the head area to get it a fraction closer to sharpness of the body. 5DM2 + 300 mm f4 IS + 1.4x Kenko TC, f 7.1, 1/400 sec, ISO 1600, Auto mode, Hand held, 2.5m shooting distance.  |
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Sept 5, 2011 19:59:40 GMT
Your last picture shows how important light is to the picture. I should try using my 300mm when there is an opportunity to take pictures this close. The MFD is 2.5 meters compare to 6 meters for the 800mm.
I can imagine how sharp your picture would have been if you had the change the focus to single point on the head. Anyway it is still good.
Well done Neon & Mabuhay.
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Post by alainpascua on Sept 6, 2011 15:53:53 GMT
Wow, super macro!
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Post by Nilo Arribas Jr. on Sept 10, 2011 11:43:22 GMT
I like the narratives that goes with the photos Neon... its good to see detailed transition and development of the feathers over the a period. The third photo with what appears to be pollen in the head is my fav. Congrats!
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(see previous photo), looks like I got it right this time. 
