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[Click]

Beautiful pictures, Paolo.

 

[LSeries]

A Common sandpiper with Canon 7D Mark II + Sigma 150-600mm Sport


Common Sandpiper On A Rock by Jussi Lind, on Flickr

 

[Click]

That's a very nice picture, LSeries. Well done.

 

[Omni Images]

A few images of the past few weeks.
Canon 1D4 100-400II + 1.4III 580EXII flash

Attending the forum, I am surprised every time to observe the differences between animals similar to each other. This is an European Water Rail, i.e. a Rallide similar to that of Omni.

Hi GP. here is a shot of another Rail here, the Lewin's Rail, it's even smaller than the Buff Banded Rail and more elusive.

 

[Omni Images]

Two Spotted Pardalotes from the weekend, Male and Female.
Canon 1Dmk4 100-400II 1.4III 580EXII

 

[Omni Images]

Hi Paolo,
Looks like the new 5DSr does just fine at high iso for nature ... I hope to grab myself one for just that soon too.
I usually never go much over 400, 800iso at the most and always shoot on single shot, so a 5 burst would be fine.
I also want it for water shots, and think it'll be just fine for that too.
Not worried about the big files. I want to be able to blow them up to large images to frame.

 

[Click]

Very nice series, Omni Images.

 

[mehaue]

From a local zoo, but outside quite far away and with rainy weather

IMG_0381.jpg by Martin Hüsser, auf Flickr

 

[LSeries]

Black-throated loons with Canon 7D Mark II + Sigma 150-600mm Sport + a rowing boat


Black-throated Loon And A Chick by Jussi Lind, on Flickr

 

[Click]

Black-throated loons with Canon 7D Mark II + Sigma 150-600mm Sport + a rowing boat

Lovely. Nicely done LSeries.

 

[LSeries]

Black-throated loons with Canon 7D Mark II + Sigma 150-600mm Sport + a rowing boat

Lovely. Nicely done LSeries.

Thanks! Those are my favourite birds.

 

[dolina]

Mangrove blue flycatcher (Cyornis rufigastra) by alabang, on Flickr

The mangrove blue flycatcher (Cyornis rufigastra) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangrove_blue_flycatcher

Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mesa_Ecopark

EXIF: 1/30 f/4.0 560mm ISO 640

Best viewed at https://500px.com/photo/112821213/the-mangrove-blue-flycatcher-cyornis-rufigastra-by-paolo-dolina?from=user_library

 

[Click]

Very nice shot, Paolo.

 

[dolina]

Thank you click.

 

[arunprasad]

First time clicked a bird with its chicks.
Can some one tell whats this bird is ? Moorhen or Coot ?

 

[jeremywkhoi]

First time clicked a bird with its chicks.
Can some one tell whats this bird is ? Moorhen or Coot ?

seems like a white breasted waterhen!

 

[arunprasad]

First time clicked a bird with its chicks.
Can some one tell whats this bird is ? Moorhen or Coot ?

seems like a white breasted waterhen!

Thanks.

 

[Vern]

I almost always use the better beamer and a little fill flash for birds for the reasons you note. Typically working with 1DX + 600II +1.4XIII. My only issue is that I've broken 2 of the canon remote flash attachments in the last 6 months. I am super careful w gear, but these just seem to snap off with the slightest bump if the flash gets caught on a bit of brush etc. Carry an extra one on safari (or perhaps just spazz less than me ).

Hi Vern,

Thanks for your reaction. By adding the better beamer, you place an extra force on the flash attachment, and as you mentioned you should be extra carefully.
I don't have the 600f4, but use the 200-400 1.4 with engaged internal extender and the 1.4 III as external extender. So I can get 784mm / f8 on my 1Dx. I mostly change the aperture then to f10 or f11 and use in that case Aperture Priority together with the flash in TTL mostly on FEC -2 and ISO fixed on 100 till 1600, depending what I need. That setting delivered me good and sharp pictures at home with the local birds. Auto ISO, which I mostly use in M setting, does not bring me the right results as the ISO will be fixed to 400 in that case by the 1Dx. What's your setup with a better beamer to catch the birds ?

Hi FEBs,

I place the better beamer w the front piece about even w the front of the lens. I usually use Av mode at f8-9 w the 600 II + 1.4X III, flash exp at -1 and 2/3 stops (depending on backlighting) and an ISO to give >1/500 sec exp. I like to stop down a little from 5.6 to slightly increase the DOF and I think this aperture is a little sharper. While the IS can stabilize slower shutter speeds (and I'm shooting from a gitzo tripod + RRS full gimbal), I tend to lose a lot of captures due to subject motion if the shutter speed is too slow. The 1Dx shutter is very loud so I often work with the 5DMKIII if I'm in a blind and will be very close to the birds - the silent shutter mode on it is much, much quieter than the 1Dx. The 1Dx rules for BIF though.

 

[FEBS]

Hi FEBs,

I place the better beamer w the front piece about even w the front of the lens. I usually use Av mode at f8-9 w the 600 II + 1.4X III, flash exp at -1 and 2/3 stops (depending on backlighting) and an ISO to give >1/500 sec exp. I like to stop down a little from 5.6 to slightly increase the DOF and I think this aperture is a little sharper. While the IS can stabilize slower shutter speeds (and I'm shooting from a gitzo tripod + RRS full gimbal), I tend to lose a lot of captures due to subject motion if the shutter speed is too slow. The 1Dx shutter is very loud so I often work with the 5DMKIII if I'm in a blind and will be very close to the birds - the silent shutter mode on it is much, much quieter than the 1Dx. The 1Dx rules for BIF though.

Thanks for your reply.
OK, then I should switch the 5D3 to the long lens (200-400 1.4 + 1.4III in my case) and use the 300II on the 1dx in M, auto-iso.

Thanks very much

 

[Click]

Thanks! Those are my favourite birds.

They are really beautiful birds 8)

Here we have the Common Loons, they are famous for their beautiful calls.