Post by Ely Teehankee on Oct 26, 2012 1:10:17 GMT
To be able to live in a place and commune with nature is a dream that bird lovers would like to fulfill. Not having to travel a long distance is considered a benefit. I have been trying to plant flowers and fruit trees to attract the birds in my small garden. It is working perhaps the birds have no other place to go in this crowded metropolis. I walked the forest of Villa Lapas and discovered that where there are food for the birds is where you will find the birds. The prize catch for the day was the Fiery-billed Aracari that I first saw from the picture of Ariel Matias, our Filipino friend who has been living in Costa Rica for the past 5 years. It has a long and thick billed making the bird look so amusingly different from the birds that we have here.
Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, Canon EF 300mm
f/2.8L IS USM with Canon Extender 2X II.
Gitzo GT3530LS tripod, Wimberley WH200 head. Manual exposure in available light.
Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus gustemalensis) 13 inches (33 cm)
1/160 sec., f/5.6, ISO 1600
Fiery-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus frantzii) 17 inches (43 cm)
The bird landed and I recognized it as the Aracari and my heart beat faster with excitement not knowing for certain if I will be able to photograph the bird or not. Leaves and twigs would get in between us. Finally it saw the fruits that it came for and went for it. I was able to get a better view of the bird in this position. Not the ideal composition but just thankful that I saw it and was able to take some photographs.
1/250 sec., f/5.6, ISO 1600
This picture made me happy. I saw how he inserted his bill between the cracks of the ripen fruit and ate what he could get. I would compare it as seeing a 3 point shot in basketball going in the basket.
1/250 sec., f/5.6, ISO 1600
Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) Female. 5 inches (13 cm)
This birds have an appetite for this fruit. They would go back and forth to extract the meat of the fruit and than another batch of birds would come in.
1/600 sec., f/5.6, ISO 1600
This is the male Red-legged Honeycreeper. 4 inches of live dynamo darting in and out to feed on the fruit.
1/600 sec., f/5.6, ISO 1600
Fruits of his labor he got a big chunk of the fruit.
1/200 sec., f/5.6, ISO 1600
Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, Canon EF 300mm
f/2.8L IS USM with Canon Extender 2X II.
Gitzo GT3530LS tripod, Wimberley WH200 head. Manual exposure in available light.
Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus gustemalensis) 13 inches (33 cm)
1/160 sec., f/5.6, ISO 1600
Fiery-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus frantzii) 17 inches (43 cm)
The bird landed and I recognized it as the Aracari and my heart beat faster with excitement not knowing for certain if I will be able to photograph the bird or not. Leaves and twigs would get in between us. Finally it saw the fruits that it came for and went for it. I was able to get a better view of the bird in this position. Not the ideal composition but just thankful that I saw it and was able to take some photographs.
1/250 sec., f/5.6, ISO 1600
This picture made me happy. I saw how he inserted his bill between the cracks of the ripen fruit and ate what he could get. I would compare it as seeing a 3 point shot in basketball going in the basket.
1/250 sec., f/5.6, ISO 1600
Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) Female. 5 inches (13 cm)
This birds have an appetite for this fruit. They would go back and forth to extract the meat of the fruit and than another batch of birds would come in.
1/600 sec., f/5.6, ISO 1600
This is the male Red-legged Honeycreeper. 4 inches of live dynamo darting in and out to feed on the fruit.
1/600 sec., f/5.6, ISO 1600
Fruits of his labor he got a big chunk of the fruit.
1/200 sec., f/5.6, ISO 1600
