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Post by Romy Ocon on Jan 9, 2008 0:36:26 GMT
This week's motif is BLACK BIRDS - please post your photos here of wild birds with black or predominantly black plumage. Posting is voluntary, and if your bird pic doesn't fit the week's motif, you can post these as usual in the Bird Photos section. Only mods can open new motif threads, but all members can post and even guests can view the posts. Multiple posts are allowed too. Let's post shooting info and standardize our presentation (see format of my first post) so viewers will know how the photo was taken: Common name (scientific name) Place and date of capture Shooting detail. Admin's note - Black birds, as suggested by Bobby K., was chosen as this week's motif over Insect Eaters, as suggested by Lydia R. This is because it's not very clear cut to many of us which birds are insect eaters, and which are not. Color-based motifs are easier to group together.
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Post by Romy Ocon on Jan 9, 2008 0:39:40 GMT
Let me kick off this week's motif challenge.... ;D White-fronted Tit ( Parus semilarvatus, a Philippine endemic) Subic rainforest, December 3, 2006 20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC II + Tamron 1.4x TC, 1000 mm, f/9, 1/80 sec, ISO 800, 475B/3421 support, manual exposure in available light, RAW:
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Post by Bobby Kintanar on Jan 9, 2008 1:31:47 GMT
Hoooowow! Such extreme detail and color gradation can only come from a true Master!!! :-) Hoooowow !!! :-)
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Post by Bobby Kintanar on Jan 9, 2008 1:37:18 GMT
Here's my contribution to this week's motif: Asian Glossy StarlingEOS 400D + 400 mm f5.6L f5.6, 1/125 sec, ISO 200, Tripod support, Aperture Priority in available light, Large JPEG Capture:
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Post by Romy Ocon on Jan 9, 2008 3:18:45 GMT
Nice head turn, great exposure and tons of detail, brilliant motif shot Bobby!
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Post by Lydia Robledo on Jan 9, 2008 3:58:31 GMT
Black birds are ok. Very common now in Makiling now. But the lighting... to show the details... sus hirap. Insect eaters... he, he...I mean birds with insects in their beaks or feasting on insects. Siguro that will make it easier for everyone. Baka I will be able to use the winner in my book. (Me ulterior motive). By the way, the falconets frequently perching the dried tree at Trees Inn were feasting on insects last week.
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Post by Bob Kaufman on Jan 9, 2008 4:09:53 GMT
Great shots, Sir Romy and Sir Tukayo! You guys set the bar quite high for us mere mortals. ;D American Crow (Corvus brachyrynchus) Palos Verdes Peninsula, California, June 2, 2007 Canon 30D, 100-400 @ 400, ISO-400, 1/200, f5.6 handheld, RAW
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Post by Lydia Robledo on Jan 9, 2008 4:52:42 GMT
Wow, Bob. That's a black bird with great details! How inspiring. Let's see what my 200mm can do on Saturday in Makiling (me hallucinating). And I will surely plant a couple of mulberry trees in my garden this week-end to honor my Mom's 91st birthday. My friend has a fruiting one with dozens of lowland white-eye, red keeled fp, arctic wabblers, yvb, gbf etc.
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Post by Romy Ocon on Jan 9, 2008 5:03:36 GMT
Masterful exposure job.... how you managed to expose the details in the shadows and keep the highlights at bay is amazing. Very nice motif shot, Bob! Romy Great shots, Sir Romy and Sir Tukayo! You guys set the bar quite high for us mere mortals. ;D American Crow (Corvus brachyrynchus) Palos Verdes Peninsula, California, June 2, 2007 Canon 30D, 100-400 @ 400, ISO-400, 1/200, f5.6 handheld, RAW
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Post by Bobby Kintanar on Jan 9, 2008 8:22:49 GMT
Yikes! I think you just raised the bar even higher Tukayo! Excellent job of taming the shadows!! :-)
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Jan 9, 2008 20:14:02 GMT
Finally a new Motif!!! now I can join again and post photos I captured before. This one was shot in Bangkok when Gil and I found time to go birding in one of the parks there. I haven't been fortunate to get a shot or even seen this bird back home. Asian Koel - Male ( Eudynamys scolopacea) Bangkok, Thailand, September 9, 2007 30D + 300 f4 L IS + Kenko 1.4x TC , 420 mm, f/5.6, 1/1500 sec, ISO 800, Hand held, manual exposure in available light, RAW: Please bear with me I'll post another one. Short-billed Black-Cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus latirostris) Perth, Western Australia, October 22, 2007 30D + 300 f4 L IS + Kenko 2x TC , 600 mm, f/16, 1/250 sec, ISO 800, Hand held, manual exposure in available light, RAW: Cheers, Neon
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Post by Bobby Kintanar on Jan 9, 2008 23:20:28 GMT
Great shots Neon! LOve that Koel. The second bird looks brownish on my screen though, not blackish. Anyhow, the more the merrier. :-)
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Jan 9, 2008 23:38:32 GMT
Great shots Neon! LOve that Koel. The second bird looks brownish on my screen though, not blackish. Anyhow, the more the merrier. :-) Thanks Bobby! I learned that black birds are not totally black when in full light the feathers reflect different shades of browns, greens and blues. This shot was taken when the sun was setting giving a golden light. Don't know if it has some effect on the coloration. The bird's name has "black" on it so I guess it's...well, a black bird. Cheers, Neon
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Post by tina mallari on Jan 10, 2008 0:50:57 GMT
B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l captures Neon !!!!!
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Post by Romy Ocon on Jan 10, 2008 1:54:51 GMT
Wow.... those captures are making the R-G-B pixels of my twin LCDs work very hard... superb colors, composition and pose! Multiple posting is allowed in the Motif threads, Neon, so you can post as many as you wish as long as the pics fit the theme. ;D Finally a new Motif!!! now I can join again and post photos I captured before. This one was shot in Bangkok when Gil and I found time to go birding in one of the parks there. I haven't been fortunate to get a shot or even seen this bird back home. Asian Koel - Male ( Eudynamys scolopacea) Bangkok, Thailand, September 9, 2007 30D + 300 f4 L IS + Kenko 1.4x TC , 420 mm, f/5.6, 1/1500 sec, ISO 800, Hand held, manual exposure in available light, RAW: Please bear with me I'll post another one. Short-billed Black-Cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus latirostris) Perth, Western Australia, October 22, 2007 30D + 300 f4 L IS + Kenko 2x TC , 600 mm, f/16, 1/250 sec, ISO 800, Hand held, manual exposure in available light, RAW: Cheers, Neon
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Post by Bob Kaufman on Jan 10, 2008 4:50:34 GMT
Great shots as usual, Neon! The Koel is really striking especially how the black is reflected to give a bluish-green glow.
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Post by Farmer Nestor on Jan 10, 2008 10:04:14 GMT
It's not as good as your photo folks here's my black bird Black Crake Amaurornis Flavirostris Bonny Island Nigeria
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Post by tina mallari on Jan 10, 2008 12:56:22 GMT
Luzon Hornbill penelopides manillae Endemic Subic Rainforest - March 25, 2007 30D + 300 f4 L IS + Canon 2x TC , 600mm, f/8, 1/1250 sec, ISO 640, handheld, manual exposure in available light, RAW
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Post by Lydia Robledo on Jan 10, 2008 14:08:14 GMT
First hornbill that I think I find not so ugly. Great capture Tina- oh they love you, they pose for you. Porma talaga! I'll be in Makiling tomorrow afternoon and Saturday morning... la, la, lala-la!
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Post by Reyno Rosete on Jan 10, 2008 14:43:31 GMT
Very nice images in all !!! Red-winged Blackbird Orlando Wetlands, Christmas, Florida May 6. 2007 30D 500+1.4X F8 1/1250s ISO400 EC=+1
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