MOTIF: Apr. 16 - 22: "100% CROPS"

[Romy Ocon]

This week's motif is "100% CROPS" - please post your photos here of wild birds at 100% view * cropped to a maximum of 1200 pixels in the longer side, with or without post processing, or sharpening.


(* 100% crop - original size of the photo viewed at 100% or at pixel level, with no downressing or resizing done, needs to be cropped before posting so the photo is viewable without scrolling.)


The Sigmonster Tamer suggested this week's motif.

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.


Romy

[Romy Ocon]

Let me start with a processed 100% crop of a backyard bird:

Scaly-Breasted Munia
Paranaque City, March 30, 2008
40D + 100-400 L IS, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/200 sec, ISO 400, hand held

[Reyno Rosete]

WOW...That's amazing Romy !!!

[Reyno Rosete]

Here's a shot I took of an Osprey fishing @ Lake Kissimmee in Kenansville, Florida. Sorry about the size but Photobucket only allows my account 1024 on the longest.

1DMKII + 500+ 1.4XTC; f5.6; 1/1250s; ISO200; RAW

FF shot


100% Cropped

[Romy Ocon]

Great action caught at the right moment, Reyno!

Detail in the 100% crop holds up very well.


Great idea to post the resized full frame - this gives us an indication of how far the subject was.

[Romy Ocon]

Hehe.... I've tons of this motif stuff online, let's party..... ;D

Brown Shrike
350D + Sigmonster, 800 mm, f/5.6 (wide open), 1/60 sec, ISO 200, 475B/3421, jpeg capture, 100% crop:

[Neon Rosell II]

Here's Mine ;D

Blue-Throated Bee-Eater
40D + 300 mm L f4 IS + 1.4x Kenko TC (420mm), f 8.0, 1/320 sec, ISO 200, Manual Exposure, Hand held, Raw Capture, PP 100% crop.

[tina mallari]

Grass Owl
Laguna - April 16, 2008

30D + 300mm f/4L IS ; ISO 800 ; 1/1000sec ; f/8 ; hand held

[Neon Rosell II]

Here's another one, a long shot of the Philippine Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus philippensis) Taken in Subic April 6, 2008
40D + 300 mm L f4 IS + 1.4x Kenko TC (420mm), f 8.0, 1/400 sec, ISO 400, Manual Exposure, Manfrotto 055PROB, 393 Gimbal Head, Raw Capture, PP Full Frame.


PP 100% Crop

[Armando Somintac]

here's my contribution..
this might not be the prettiest Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) around but it was not skittish enough for me to take this close up shot.

30D + 80-200mm f2.8L @175mm + 2x Kenko TC (350mm), F4.5, 1/200, ISO 400, JPEG capture, Handheld

[Chris Lavina]

I'll play =).

Laughing Kookaburra - Dacelo novaeguineae
Sydney, Australia



100%



30D+400L5.6 wide open at 1/320th ISO800

[Ed Matuod]

Chickadee
30D + 100-400 L IS @ 350mm, f6.3, ISO400, 1/800sec on monopod,
original, resize


crop 100%, resize to 1200 pix horizonta

[Romy Ocon]

All excellent motif shots, Neon, Mando, Chris and Ed!

Plain Tina's Grass Owl in flight must have made her heart skip a beat - my favortie BIF of hers so far (tied with the Spoonie)!

Apr 16, 2008 7:46:43 GMT tina mallari said:

Grass Owl
Laguna - April 16, 2008

30D + 300mm f/4L IS ; ISO 800 ; 1/1000sec ; f/8 ; hand held

[tina mallari]

Apr 17, 2008 1:02:00 GMT Romy Ocon said:

All excellent motif shots, Neon, Mando, Chris and Ed!

Plain Tina's Grass Owl in flight must have made her heart skip a beat - my favortie BIF of hers so far (tied with the Spoonie)!

Apr 16, 2008 7:46:43 GMT tina mallari said:

Grass Owl
Laguna - April 16, 2008

30D + 300mm f/4L IS ; ISO 800 ; 1/1000sec ; f/8 ; hand held

Master IDOL Romy, skip a beat is an understatement - I almost died when I saw that grass owl.

I thanked God right away when I saw the owl