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Post by Ely Teehankee on Jan 13, 2015 12:55:18 GMT
Candaba is so different from what is used to be. There are fewer varieties and fewer birds. Some area of the Mayor's pond has been converted to planting rice. There used to be hundreds of Purple Heron on the pond where there is a feeding station in the middle of the pond. They also used to nest there. Now the whole area of that part of the pond is planted with rice. I saw this Blue-tailed Bee-eater perch on a dead branch and noticed that he would hunt for food from that staging area and fly back to the same perch. I decided to try how fast & accurate my camera would focus on this bird while in flight. I was not disappointed. Canon EOS 1DX, Canon EF 800mm f5.6L IS USM, Gitzo GT3530LS tripod, M-3.6 Mongoose Gimbal Action Head. Manual exposure in available light. Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) 11 1/2 inches The new CF card that I am trying proved that it is fast enough to be able to buffer 12 frames per second. All three pictures shown here was taken at exactly 8:52:06 AM on January 10, 2015. 1/1600 sec., f/5.6, ISO 1600 1/1600 sec., f/5.6, ISO 1600 1/1600 sec., f/5.6, ISO 1600
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Post by Romy Ocon on Jan 14, 2015 3:06:29 GMT
Great job (both shooter and gear) in freezing the action..... very sharp shots, Ely!
Sad to hear what's happening to the big pond.
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Jan 14, 2015 14:03:47 GMT
Great job (both shooter and gear) in freezing the action..... very sharp shots, Ely! Sad to hear what's happening to the big pond. Thank you Romy for your comments. There are still a variety of subjects and a lot of birds in flight but nothing compared to before. There are raptors flying around there now and knowing it is one of your favorite shots, I think you should go there and show us how it is done. Let me know if I can join you. Cheers & Mabuhay.
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Post by Agerico M. De Villa on Jan 15, 2015 0:32:40 GMT
Pang-avatar, galing. Moving on from birds with something in their beaks to birds with wings spread, hahaha! Nice! I await your collection with birds in their beaks published. Cheers!
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Post by Tateo Osawa on Jan 15, 2015 14:43:34 GMT
ALL Nice action shots,Ery.Beautiful capture. but I like the first photo.
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Jan 15, 2015 22:04:32 GMT
Pang-avatar, galing. Moving on from birds with something in their beaks to birds with wings spread, hahaha! Nice! I await your collection with birds in their beaks published. Cheers! I was experimenting with a CF card that is rated 160 MB/s compared to what I was using before of 90 MB/s. It is amazing that all three pictures were taken in sequence at exactly the same time, differing in only a fraction of a second. I hope new opportunity arises to take this kind of pictures. Thank you Prop Jerry.
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Jan 15, 2015 22:06:24 GMT
ALL Nice action shots,Ery.Beautiful capture. but I like the first photo. It was fun to try something new to me. Thank you for your appreciation Tateo.
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