Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM


Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) by alabang, on Flickr

The Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) commonly abbreviated to just Night Heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia (where replaced by the closely related Rufous Night Heron, with which it has hybridized in the area of contact).

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-crowned_Night_Heron

Discontinued by August 2011 and used to sell for $6,999.00
 
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dolina said:
7th Odyssey Waves National Surfing Competition" Guiuan, Eastern Samar, Philippines
This is an extremely nice shot. Was it hand-held?

It was shot using a Gitzo GM5561T monopod. The 500's light enough to shoot hand held but not for prolong periods of time wherein you have to wait for the surfers to get into position and especially not on sand.

Thank you handsomerob, willrobb & briansquibb
 
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Purple-throated Sunbird (Nectarinia sperata) by alabang, on Flickr

The Purple-throated Sunbird (Nectarinia sperata or Leptocoma sperata), also known as Van Hasselt's Sunbird, is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
 
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