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Post by Toto Gamboa on Aug 1, 2010 17:35:25 GMT
At last, after a long dry spell. This last weekend was my most productive after months of lousy sorties. Thanks to Bert, Alain, Mark and Edu for inviting me to tag along Anvaya. Since the most popular color recently is yellow, last weekend's for me is mostly black! ;D They say black is beauty and luck! Crested Mynah (Acridotheres cristatellus) Shooting info - Subic, Aug. 1, 2010, 50D + Canon EF 400mm f5.6L, Handheld, Car Window as Support, f/5.6, ISO 100, 1/60 sec Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) Shooting info - Subic, Aug. 1, 2010, 50D + Canon EF 400mm f5.6L + 2X Kenko TC, Manfrotto 755XB/Gimbal/2 Pound Rice Bag, f/11, ISO 320, 1/40 sec, Live View. Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) Shooting info - Anvaya Cove, Bataan, Aug. 1, 2010, 50D + Canon EF 400mm f5.6L, Handheld, Car Window as Support, f/5.6, ISO 320, 1/30 sec
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Post by Ariel Matias on Aug 1, 2010 21:54:09 GMT
Nice series, Glenn. Indeed, black is beautiful here. First pic is an instant fave.
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Aug 1, 2010 22:47:00 GMT
Having captured these birds beautifully you can now heave a sigh of relief. I still have to capture a $ bird. You got the pictures of the first & second interchanged with your description. Well done Toto. Mabuhay.
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Post by Romy Ocon on Aug 1, 2010 23:03:08 GMT
Great clarity on this set, Toto!
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Post by Clemn A. Macasiano Jr. on Aug 2, 2010 0:09:57 GMT
My favorite is the second pic Toto. Great set ! " Tahum "
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Aug 2, 2010 0:24:29 GMT
Incredible work with a 2x Toto!!!!
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Post by Toto Gamboa on Aug 2, 2010 1:12:30 GMT
Nice series, Glenn. Indeed, black is beautiful here. First pic is an instant fave. Thanks Ariel. Was really happy I had all these as I have been aching for so long to have taken good pics of these black beauties. I never thought I would be able to appreciate the crow's appearance ;D Having captured these birds beautifully you can now heave a sigh of relief. I still have to capture a $ bird. You got the pictures of the first & second interchanged with your description. Well done Toto. Mabuhay. Thank you Sir Ely. I got lucky. This was made possible when I left the group in Anvaya and headed straight home. Oooops, headed home with few stops along the way. THanks for spotting my typos too. I have already corrected the errors. Great clarity on this set, Toto! Thanks Mastah. I am happy with how this turned out My favorite is the second pic Toto. Great set ! " Tahum " Damo nga salamat Doc Boy Incredible work with a 2x Toto!!!! Wasn't confident with the 2X and hesitated at first but I thought of CS5 doing wonders so there! THanks!
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Post by alainpascua on Aug 2, 2010 2:28:27 GMT
Wow, beautiful blacks! The first pic tops them all. That's one for the contest!
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Post by gabriel buluran on Aug 2, 2010 3:09:59 GMT
Great set Toto! Black birds with details!!! I love mynah and the crow. You nailed them with out the rice bag. Great technique.
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Post by Mark Itol on Aug 2, 2010 5:10:19 GMT
What a way to end the dry spell. All very good, Toto.
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Post by mantarey on Aug 2, 2010 10:15:56 GMT
Beautiful harvest Toto, the Dollar Bird is one of the best I've seen of this species. Congrats on a very fine work.
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Post by William Lim on Aug 2, 2010 10:57:25 GMT
These are black beauties, Toto. Nice job on the exposure of the black feathers.
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Post by Toto Gamboa on Aug 2, 2010 12:26:34 GMT
Thanks for the hearthwarming comments Alain, Gabs, Mark, rey and Doc Will.
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Post by Bobby Kintanar on Aug 3, 2010 3:30:33 GMT
Wow, you're really making great use of the 400 mm Toto! Impressive work here :-)
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Aug 3, 2010 3:42:08 GMT
I wonder where the captures on the 40D are.. hmmmm..
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Post by Bob Kaufman on Aug 3, 2010 5:22:19 GMT
Black is indeed beautiful. Although the second photo looks a little bluish to me. ;D Just kidding!
All excellent shots, Toto, worthy of being part of the entries to this period's contest.
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Post by Toto Gamboa on Aug 4, 2010 0:33:28 GMT
Wow, you're really making great use of the 400 mm Toto! Impressive work here :-) Thanks sir BobKin I just threw a prayer "bahala na si photoshop" each time especially when am handling a 2X. ;D I wonder where the captures on the 40D are.. hmmmm.. hehehehe. It is still on landscape mode! ;D Black is indeed beautiful. Although the second photo looks a little bluish to me. ;D Just kidding! All excellent shots, Toto, worthy of being part of the entries to this period's contest. Thanks sir BobKauf That bluish thing bothered me at first as the KG described this bird as generally blackish. I thought the white balance went haywirebut there is black on few parts of the bird. I played around WB but I cannot get it to mostly black so I settled and left it as I shot it. Must be how the bird radiates its iridescent colors
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Post by Nilo Arribas Jr. on Aug 8, 2010 13:09:28 GMT
Black birds are not easy to expose and you were able to do it well in these shots with excellent details Glenn. Congrats.
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Post by Toto Gamboa on Aug 9, 2010 1:34:14 GMT
Black birds are not easy to expose and you were able to do it well in these shots with excellent details Glenn. Congrats. Thanks sir Nilo. Have a nice day!
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Post by Martin Alvendia on Aug 9, 2010 6:26:19 GMT
Wonderful set Toto! Love the Martines in particular. Great job on the Dollar Bird as well...these birds are hard to expose.
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