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Post by Ely Teehankee on Sept 23, 2012 12:23:20 GMT
I did not get to see the Indigo-banded Kingfisher the day I went to Villa Escudero until about 11:00 AM. It was a long but not so lonely wait as the Red-Keeled Flowerpecker (Dicaeum australe) 100 mm (4 inches) were busy eating the fruit of a Bignay like tree. Mela would know the name of the fruit. It was not sunny and I took my pictures at ISO 3200 on the birds across the river. After spending more than an hour and taking a couple of hundred pictures it turned out that none of them were keepers. It was good that the bird were compassionate and flew across the river on the side that I was on that had a similar fruiting tree. This enabled me to take their pictures, the farthest at 7.76 meters and the closest was at 6.81 meters. Each of the pictures were taken separately and processed either in landscape or portrait format. Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, Canon EF 800mm f5.6L IS USM, Gitzo GT3530LS tripod, M-3.6 Mongoose Gimbal Action Head. Manual exposure in available light. 1/125 sec., f/5.6, ISO 3200  1/160 sec., f/5.6, ISO 3200  1/160 sec., f/5.6, ISO 3200  1/160 sec., f/5.6, ISO 3200  1/160 sec., f/5.6, ISO 3200  1/160 sec., f/5.6, ISO 3200  1/160 sec., f/5.6, ISO 3200  1/160 sec., f/5.6, ISO 3200  1/160 sec., f/5.6, ISO 3200  1/125 sec., f/5.6, ISO 3200  |
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Post by Renoir Abrea on Sept 23, 2012 14:31:27 GMT
very nice set'
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Post by Juan Manuel C. Del Prado on Sept 23, 2012 17:07:37 GMT
Great photos of the Red-keeled Flowerpecker, Ely. I had my 1st photo of this bird at the Tagaytay-Talisay mountain road about 3 years ago (but, of course, not as good as your [almost alive!] photos).
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Sept 23, 2012 20:09:18 GMT
Thank you Renoir. What makes this bird special is that it is endemic to the Philippines. |
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Sept 23, 2012 20:12:04 GMT
Great photos of the Red-keeled Flowerpecker, Ely. I had my 1st photo of this bird at the Tagaytay-Talisay mountain road about 3 years ago (but, of course, not as good as your [almost alive!] photos). Thank you Poch for your appreciation. Having taken pictures of this bird, you know how skittish they are and I am just happy that I was so close to them enabling me to catch the brown of their eyes. |
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Post by Dennis Alfaro on Sept 24, 2012 1:05:33 GMT
despite the high iso, images turned out well sir  very sharp! |
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Post by Carmela Balcazar on Sept 24, 2012 1:34:21 GMT
Always amazes me how photographers manage to capture a "still" photo of small, fast-moving birds. What shots!!!
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Sept 24, 2012 2:40:04 GMT
despite the high iso, images turned out well sir very sharp! Thank you Dennis. You know how the lighting conditions are at the waterfall as it is covered with trees on both sides making it darker. I have not tried other brands but one thing I can say is that Canon's pictures is superb. |
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Sept 24, 2012 2:41:48 GMT
Always amazes me how photographers manage to capture a "still" photo of small, fast-moving birds. What shots!!! Thank you Mela. Please tell me the name of this fruit tree so I will know the correct name. |
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Post by oespena on Sept 24, 2012 5:53:51 GMT
Nice bird sir! It's like a Negros bleeding Heart Pigeon having red color on there chest.
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Sept 24, 2012 8:25:43 GMT
Nice bird sir! It's like a Negros bleeding Heart Pigeon having red color on there chest. Thank you Onnie but the Negros Bleeding Heart is more dramatic because of the strategic location of the red mark. There is something similar to this Red-keeled Flowerpecker to the one of Negros called Visayan Flowerpecker. Please take a look at this thread: birdphotoph.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=photo&action=display&thread=8236 |
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Post by Mark Itol on Sept 24, 2012 12:54:48 GMT
Amazing detail on all, Ely! You even got it with food on its beak! Well done! |
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Sept 24, 2012 15:18:04 GMT
Amazing detail on all, Ely! You even got it with food on its beak! Well done! Thank you Mark. I am glad that the focus on my camera is working superbly. The food on its beak was frequent, because this bird is a voracious eater. He does not swallow the fruit unlike other birds. This one would get a fruit and turn the fruit around 360 degrees eating the inside of the fruit and than throw what is left of it and it wil be just the skin. In other words he does not like the skin. The fruit is on the sweet side and this may be the reason why it likes to eat it. |
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Post by William Lim on Sept 25, 2012 13:42:25 GMT
Beautiful set. Sharpness and pose are great. Background color and bokeh are fantastic. Well done Ely. ;D
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Sept 25, 2012 19:46:18 GMT
Beautiful set. Sharpness and pose are great. Background color and bokeh are fantastic. Well done Ely. ;D Thank you William. I remember when I was just starting out and I would see the pictures that you posted. I always said to myself that is the kind of picture that I want. Sometimes knowing what you want helps you in getting there. |
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Post by Tirso Paris on Sept 26, 2012 2:53:51 GMT
Hi Ely! These are extraordinary captures of the Red-keeled. Just fantastic details!
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Post by Ramon Quisumbing on Sept 26, 2012 3:25:51 GMT
Super sharp details as always, Ely!
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Sept 26, 2012 7:32:20 GMT
Hi Ely! These are extraordinary captures of the Red-keeled. Just fantastic details! Thank you so much for your appreciation Tirso. I am just happy that with the focussing part and mirror block replaced the camera is working fine and enabling me to take these kind of pictures. |
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Sept 26, 2012 7:34:10 GMT
Super sharp details as always, Ely! Thank you Ramon and as soon as I get some things done, I am going for the ultimate test. Successful or not remains to be seen. LOL. |
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Post by Michael R. Anton on Oct 1, 2012 8:31:18 GMT
very cool set, Ely! Hope to get close captures like these one day.
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