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Post by Romy Ocon on Mar 8, 2015 13:46:21 GMT
It's over a week now that I've been observing these small jet-like birds hawking insects over my mother's backyard at Bacnotan, La Union. They can be seen from about 9 am all the way to nearly 5 pm, feeding non-stop from the insects attracted by blooming mango trees.
House Swift (Apus affinis,resident)
Habitat - Lowlands often associated with water, particularly rivers.
Shooting info - Baroro, Bacnotan, La Union, Philippines, March 8, 2015, 1D MIV + 500 f4 L IS + 1.4x TC II, 700 mm, f/6.3, ISO 640, 1/2000 sec, manual exposure in available light, 475B/516 support, major crop.
And some photo-documentation of the bird's underparts whose detail is tough to see in the wild.
Shooting info - Baroro, Bacnotan, La Union, Philippines, March 8, 2015, 1D MIV + 500 f4 L IS + 1.4x TC II, 700 mm, f/6.3, ISO 640, 1/2000 sec, manual exposure in available light, 475B/516 support, 100% crops, burst of 6 consecutive shots.
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Post by tina mallari on Mar 8, 2015 16:19:36 GMT
In the first photo, I cannot help but notice that the head of the swift looks so much like that of a bulldog with fangs :-D
Very nice Romy !!! I would be really happy with photos like these, any of them :-)
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Post by Romy Ocon on Mar 9, 2015 2:23:45 GMT
Lol.... thanks, Tina! I'd like to disclose that the flowering of the mango trees in my mother's backyard is not artificially-induced.  |
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Post by iximapua2002 on Mar 9, 2015 5:09:48 GMT
Romy's back and with a vengeance!
Gorgeous photos as always.
Keep them coming!
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Post by tina mallari on Mar 9, 2015 5:11:46 GMT
HahahHAhaHA Romy !!! Yes, keep them coming. You were meant to take great pictures talaga.
Still wishing that one day I can be half your level at least. I am patient and have a lot of time pa naman. Good nalang !!! HAhahHAhahA
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Post by Tonji Ramos on Mar 9, 2015 5:22:04 GMT
Great shots Romy. It is not easy to expose the underside of a swift!
Do you have shots of the back? This looks quite different from the House Swifts I saw in Banaue.
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Post by Romy Ocon on Mar 9, 2015 13:08:23 GMT
Thanks, Ixi, Tina and Tonji! Great shots Romy. It is not easy to expose the underside of a swift! Do you have shots of the back? This looks quite different from the House Swifts I saw in Banaue.
I searched my shots for one having a view of the back, and here's the only one I got:
Shooting info - Baroro, Bacnotan, La Union, Philippines, March 8, 2015, 1D MIV + 500 f4 L IS + 1.4x TC II, 700 mm, f/6.3, ISO 640, 1/2000 sec, manual exposure in available light, 475B/516 support, 100% crop.
And here's an interesting individual. I noticed the all-white head in the viewfinder, too bad that I missed the focus. I didn't delete the image because of the odd head color.
Shooting info - Baroro, Bacnotan, La Union, Philippines, March 8, 2015, 1D MIV + 500 f4 L IS + 1.4x TC II, 700 mm, f/6.3, ISO 640, 1/2000 sec, manual exposure in available light, 475B/516 support, unprocessed 100% crop.
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Post by tina mallari on Mar 10, 2015 6:57:24 GMT
WHOAAAA it's the first time I have seen a swift with a white head !!!!
And that 100% crop is awesome !!! It's still sharp after that big a crop. What a dream :-)
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Post by Bobby Kintanar on Mar 10, 2015 7:27:48 GMT
OMG, that crop is almost impossible! I can still see details in the image even at that magnification, and it's still sharp! That's almost magic Ka Romy!!!
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Post by Michael R. Anton on Mar 10, 2015 12:33:49 GMT
Wow! Still so much details after the crop! I would normally delete a photo that far. Awesome Romy!
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Post by Tateo Osawa on Mar 10, 2015 14:16:22 GMT
always great shots, Romy. even the subject are small or first,you get it perfect.
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Post by Romy Ocon on Mar 10, 2015 20:54:54 GMT
Thanks, Tina, Bobby, Mike and Tateo-san!
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Mar 19, 2015 0:14:53 GMT
Wow, great shots as always, Ka Mastah! I still feel the goosebumps when we were shooting the purple needletails in Bataan, whenever I see photos of swifts or swallows in flight.
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Post by Romy Ocon on Mar 19, 2015 22:51:03 GMT
Thanks, partner..... yes, I fondly remember the Bataan BIF party, when TeLyds also became a member of the needletail club!
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