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Post by Romy Ocon on Jul 6, 2017 5:22:02 GMT
Like two wrestlers, these two female quails were locked in combat in the middle of a dirt road when I chanced upon them at the grasslands of San Manuel, Pangasinan.
Light was coming from up front (note the shadow of the bird at left), rendering the subjects severely backlit. Nevertheless, I immediately squatted to lower the shooting angle, and took some insurance shots. I was planning to backtrack and circle around the combatants from a good distance until the sun is behind me. Unfortunately, a motorcycle rider came along the dirt road and the fighters got spooked. I had to make do with the insurance shots I managed to capture earlier.
I did some major exposure surgery during RAW conversion and post processing to mitigate the backlighting. Too bad that such action weren't captured under better light!
_____ Barred Buttonquail ( Turnix suscitator, both female) Habitat - Drier grassland and scrub, often seen along highways or on dirt roads. Shooting info - San Roque, San Manuel, Pangasinan, Philippines, July 6, 2017, EOS 7D MII + EF 400 f/4 DO II + EF 1.4x TC III, 560 mm, 1/1250 sec, f/6.3, ISO 320, manual exposure in available light, hand held, uncropped full frame resized to 1500 x 1000. And here's the original exposure as captured, before exposure recovery in post process - uncropped full frame resized to 800 x 533. One of the combatants is body slammed onto the jagged rocks of the dirt road. When the fighters got tired, they took a breather, staying relatively inactive while locking beaks. Both appeared to be unhurt in the melee - each one flew in a different direction when the motorcycle rider came barrelling by their combat arena.
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Post by Bobby Kintanar on Jul 7, 2017 10:47:41 GMT
OMG, those shots are super duper over-the-top!!!! Excellent, superb, etc... Wish I can capture those moments tooo!!!
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Post by Romy Ocon on Jul 7, 2017 22:28:05 GMT
Thanks, Ka Bobby. I never expected that these cute birds are aggressive fighters, more so the female ones.
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Post by Tateo Osawa on Jul 11, 2017 15:07:46 GMT
Wow, nice timing and great captures Romy. I all the time expecting be such a good timing!!
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Post by Romy Ocon on Jul 11, 2017 21:57:50 GMT
Thanks, Tateo-san!
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