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Post by JV Noriega on Oct 14, 2010 7:30:35 GMT
Finally had the chance for a short weekend at Calatagan with my wife, kid, dog, and "Frankenlens" last week. It was a good 2 days of birding for me, and here are some of my captures..  "Splashproof Whimbrel" I was manually focusing on the subject when suddenly the waves started pounding on the rocks from behind. My instinctive shutter finger fired away and all i got were these two shots before the Whimbrel shook-off the water from its feathers and flew to a drier spot. Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) D300s+FD800 5.6L + adapter @ 1/800 sec., f/6.3, ISO 640, 055CX/393, manual focus, manual exposure, available light, fp-subject distance approx. 30 meters   "Whimbrel Cavern" Found these group of Whimbrels taking shade from the scorching noontime heat in a rocky cavern by the shore. The whitish-colored rock it was standing on served as a good fill-light for the birds belly. D300s+FD800 5.6L + adapter @ 1/320 sec., f/7.1, ISO400, 055CX/393, manual focus, manual exposure, available light, fp-subject distance approx. 30 meters  thanks for viewing! |
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Oct 14, 2010 8:26:34 GMT
OH THE DRAMA!!!! grabe! Inspiring shots sir!
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Post by alainpascua on Oct 14, 2010 8:31:52 GMT
Very nice action shots, JV!  |
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Post by mantarey on Oct 14, 2010 10:17:46 GMT
Beautiful very dynamic shot JV. Great landscape shot by the way.  |
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Post by Toto Gamboa on Oct 14, 2010 12:03:19 GMT
Woooow! The water effects did great!
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Post by William Lim on Oct 14, 2010 13:03:33 GMT
Very nice droplet shots of the whimbrels but the birdnut photo is best, Jv.
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Post by Mark Itol on Oct 15, 2010 4:20:02 GMT
Love the splashing water, JV. That's a cool shot of you, too.
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Post by JV Noriega on Oct 15, 2010 4:52:59 GMT
Thank you Edu! your reaction is very inspiring as well!
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Post by JV Noriega on Oct 15, 2010 4:55:25 GMT
Thanks Alain, Rey and Toto! without the water splash,i guess it would just have been a regular Whimbrel snapshot.. it was pure luck!
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Post by JV Noriega on Oct 15, 2010 4:58:29 GMT
Thank you Doc William and Mark, the sunset on the first day was soooo nice that i actually asked my son to take a photo of it.. i included myself in the last shot... he he, just wanted to share the beautiful sunset that day to all..
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Post by JV Noriega on Oct 15, 2010 5:00:33 GMT
More Whimbrel pics... This was the area where they congregated while waiting for low tide. they were a mix of Tattlers and plovers.. D300s+FD800 5.6L, @ 1/320 sec., f/6.3, ISO320, tripod, available light  These two were just waiting to get splashed too! D300s+FD800 5.6L, @ 1/250 sec., f/6.3, ISO400, tripod, available light  |
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Post by Enrique Frio on Oct 15, 2010 5:10:59 GMT
Great shots! The first two's white balance is leaning towards the purplish side (legs and beak). Excellent timing!
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Post by JV Noriega on Oct 15, 2010 5:13:52 GMT
And this was my first shot of the Whimbrel that morning.. it will update my lifer photo of this specie, since this is the closest shot i have of it (now that Frankenlens works for me...) ., maybe a closer, better shot in the future? Whimbrel D300s+FD800 5.6L + adapter @ 1/500 sec., f/6.3, ISO 400, 055CX/393, manual focus, manual exposure, available light, fp-subject distance approx. 40 meters  |
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Post by JV Noriega on Oct 15, 2010 5:18:07 GMT
Thanks Enrique, will check the colors later..
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Post by tina mallari on Oct 15, 2010 9:10:56 GMT
Nice timing on the photo with the splash in it - wooohooo would love to capture something like that too. Must have been so exciting to see so many whimbrels in one place - I would be SUPER ecstatic |
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Post by Luis (Chito) Limchiu on Oct 15, 2010 9:22:47 GMT
Great Effect on the splash JV.
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Post by butchsanjuan on Oct 15, 2010 10:33:59 GMT
Dramatic shots, JV! And I just read an article in Outdoor Photography NatureScapes.net (Birds in Habitat by Marie Read) about doing wildlife photos a little differently by composing more elements of an animal’s environment into the photo. That article came with photo of a duck (Harlequin Duck)defiantly holding its ground against strong coastal waves. (Sorry, corrected errors on credit)
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Post by JV Noriega on Oct 15, 2010 13:01:10 GMT
Thank you Tina! I was so enthralled by the sight of the congregation of Whimbrels mixed with other waders, that i forgot i was under the noontime sun for quite some time... without sunblock!!! ouchhh!! and i didnt have any booties on... i waded through the waist-deep waters with my bare feet, and alas, i stepped on some thorns! but the sunburn and the thorn prick were all so worth it! It sure was an ecstatic experience!
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Post by JV Noriega on Oct 15, 2010 13:07:44 GMT
Thank you Doc Chito and Butch!
@ Butch, things do happen unexpectedly, and the pounding waves simply startled me as i was looking through the viewfinder while manually focusing the shot.. after those couple of shots were fired, i waited, and waited, and there were no more waves... again, i guess it was just pure luck.. even the Whimbrels were out of the scene.. always pays to have a trigger happy shutter finger ready to fire all the time!
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Post by gabriel buluran on Oct 15, 2010 23:47:56 GMT
twas like taken from a movie JV! the first is my favorite, he, he, he...
at the moment, i can only dream of shots like this! i should be sleeping more...
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