Chestnut Munia Surprise

[tina mallari]

Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla)
Los Baños, Laguna
April 24, 2014

In all my years of being a bird photographer/bird watcher, it was only yesterday that I noticed, in great detail, just how beautiful this bird is because of the different colors of the feathers at the tail and the back.

Most of my previous pictures of it were taken from the front with backgrounds that range from lots of grass or soil right behind the bird. I have never taken one where the green background was so far from the bird that the "bokeh" effect of the lens played a big part in highlighting the amazing colors of this bird and feather details.

Thank you God for the amazing discoveries and the wonderful experiences each and every day :-)

Yesterday was a really awesome day for bird photography.

Canon EOS 5D Mk III + EF 500mm f/4 + Tamron 2x TC ; Bean bag on top of car window

[Tateo Osawa]

Very nice capture, Tina. Beautiful Chestnut Munia.

[tina mallari]

Thanks a lot Tateo :-)

[Nilo Arribas Jr.]

WOW! this is amazing, Tina. No wonder Tateo have to pull me out to check your posting Thanks for sharing.

[Mark Itol]

Clean and crisp shot of this common bird. Beautifully presented.

[tina mallari]

Thanks a lot Nilo and Mark :-)

[Mick Harris]

A great image.

[Mick Harris]

A great image.

[Agerico M. De Villa]

Lucky munia, photographed by Tina! Nice, Tina, yey!

[Dennis Alfaro]

Best photo of Chestnut Munia that i've seen so far

[tina mallari]

Thank you so much Mick, PropGer and Dennis :-)