Post by Nilo Arribas Jr. on May 15, 2016 9:03:43 GMT
Hello Everyone,
It was really a hot day in Cebu last week and so Tateo and I decided go out for a drink. Of course we load our gears in the car and along the way decided to have "quickie" birding. We had so much fun that in about an hour I managed close to 2,000 images
then we spend the rest of the afternoon "chimping" and sipping freshly brewed coffee in a cool place We've been birding for many years and you can almost predict the presence of wildlife by just looking at the habitat. It was completely silent when we arrived but I wasn't long before I realized that we have some subjects hidden among the shrubs. We slowly moved back to give them space and let them recover their comfort zones. This eventually gave credence to the saying "The More You Give, the More You Will Receive" as we were rewarded with awesome display and views to take these photos:
Greater Painted-Snipe, male
05/08/2016
Canon 80D, 840mm, f/7.1, 1/500Sec, ISO-800
Greater Painted-Snipe, female
05/08/2016
Canon 80D, 840mm, f/5.6, 1/1600Sec, ISO-800
Greater Painted-Snipe, male
05/08/2016
Canon 80D, 840mm, f/7.1, 1/800Sec, ISO-800
Greater Painted-Snipe, female
05/08/2016
Canon 80D, 840mm, f/5.6, 1/800Sec, ISO-800
Greater Painted-Snipe, male
05/08/2016
Canon 80D, 840mm, f/5.6, 1/640Sec, ISO-400
Greater Painted-Snipe, female
05/08/2016
Canon 80D, 840mm, f/5.6, 1/640Sec, ISO-400
For many years, I'm used to manual focus override when confronted with scenarios like birds in foliage. I have learned to accept the limitation of my Canon 40D and compensate on areas where it matters.
This time however, I decided to let the Canon 80D's focusing algorithm figure out the subject including the critical focus points. In other words, this can be a DSLR "point and then shoot" scenario.
Please check the focus points as reflected in the following images:
