Beaut pics serendipidy. Tack sharp.serendipidy said:Recently took a trip to San Francisco. Took lots of photos with my 5D3. Also, just got a Flickr account. I will try to post some using my Flickr. I hope this works. Here are some hummingbird shots.
And that was my next questiondolina said:serendipidy did you use artificial light with your humming bird shots?
serendipidy said:Recently took a trip to San Francisco. Took lots of photos with my 5D3. Also, just got a Flickr account. I will try to post some using my Flickr. I hope this works. Here are some hummingbird shots.
dolina said:The Philippine Magpie-Robin (Copsychus mindanensis) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. It previously was considered a subspecies of the Oriental Magpie-Robin.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Magpie-Robin
Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mesa_Ecopark
Settings: 1/100 ƒ/5.6 ISO 1250 700mm
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Story behind the photo:
I almost did not bother taking a photo of this Philippine Magpie-Robin (Copsychus mindanensis) thinking this was just another Philippine Pied Fantail (Rhipidura nigritorquis) that is extremely difficult to photograph because it rarely, if ever, stays still. I was also disinterested in picturing the Fantail here because I can easily do it from the comfort of my backyard.
What peaked my interest was its behaviour of staying rather stationary in the trees and it not spreading its tail into a fan. Another thing that caught my eye was the white and black feathers being of a slightly different pattern. Anyways, for those curious this is another lifer for me and what is more an endemic bird that can only be found in the Philippines.
For those who would want to take a photo of dark feathered birds you generally need to overexpose by 2-stops to get the bards to show up but you have to be mindful of balancing it out to consider the white feathers as well.
serendipidy said:Recently took a trip to San Francisco. Took lots of photos with my 5D3. Also, just got a Flickr account. I will try to post some using my Flickr. I hope this works. Here are some hummingbird shots.
thanks! I was told that geography is the main indicator for the split. The birder who informed me did not elaborate further.J.R. said:dolina said:The Philippine Magpie-Robin (Copsychus mindanensis) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. It previously was considered a subspecies of the Oriental Magpie-Robin.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Magpie-Robin
Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mesa_Ecopark
Settings: 1/100 ƒ/5.6 ISO 1250 700mm
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Story behind the photo:
I almost did not bother taking a photo of this Philippine Magpie-Robin (Copsychus mindanensis) thinking this was just another Philippine Pied Fantail (Rhipidura nigritorquis) that is extremely difficult to photograph because it rarely, if ever, stays still. I was also disinterested in picturing the Fantail here because I can easily do it from the comfort of my backyard.
What peaked my interest was its behaviour of staying rather stationary in the trees and it not spreading its tail into a fan. Another thing that caught my eye was the white and black feathers being of a slightly different pattern. Anyways, for those curious this is another lifer for me and what is more an endemic bird that can only be found in the Philippines.
For those who would want to take a photo of dark feathered birds you generally need to overexpose by 2-stops to get the bards to show up but you have to be mindful of balancing it out to consider the white feathers as well.
Nice shot Paolo. A question ... how do you distinguish this bird from the Oriental Magpie Robin?
serendipidy said:Recently took a trip to San Francisco. Took lots of photos with my 5D3. Also, just got a Flickr account. I will try to post some using my Flickr. I hope this works. Here are some hummingbird shots.
C69A1056-dpp-c by joher777, on Flickr
C69A1801-dpp-c by joher777, on Flickr
C69A1881-dpp-c by joher777, on Flickr
C69A2217-dpp-c by joher777, on Flickr
rpt said:Yesterday was Bee-eater day.
Photo 1: Bee-eater Ballerina
Photo 2: Takeoff
dolina said:
Philippine Magpie-Robin (Copsychus mindanensis) by alabang, on Flickr
The Philippine Magpie-Robin (Copsychus mindanensis) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. It previously was considered a subspecies of the Oriental Magpie-Robin.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Magpie-Robin
Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mesa_Ecopark
Settings: 1/100 ƒ/5.6 ISO 1250 700mm
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Story behind the photo:
I almost did not bother taking a photo of this Philippine Magpie-Robin (Copsychus mindanensis) thinking this was just another Philippine Pied Fantail (Rhipidura nigritorquis) that is extremely difficult to photograph because it rarely, if ever, stays still. I was also disinterested in picturing the Fantail here because I can easily do it from the comfort of my backyard.
What peaked my interest was its behaviour of staying rather stationary in the trees and it not spreading its tail into a fan. Another thing that caught my eye was the white and black feathers being of a slightly different pattern. Anyways, for those curious this is another lifer for me and what is more an endemic bird that can only be found in the Philippines.
For those who would want to take a photo of dark feathered birds you generally need to overexpose by 2-stops to get the bards to show up but you have to be mindful of balancing it out to consider the white feathers as well.
Thanks. Apparently they are distributed from Europe to Australia - Wikipedia says "The bee-eaters have an Old World distribution, occurring from Europe to Australia"Krob78 said:rpt said:Yesterday was Bee-eater day.
Photo 1: Bee-eater Ballerina
Photo 2: Takeoff
Very nice! I've certainly not seen any of those out here! :-[
Jack Douglas said:Just flipping back over stuff I shot in the summer. For this one maybe we should have a new thread, "Ugliest Birds" or "Birds Only a Mother Could Love" or "Ugly as Sin Birds". But that might offend our bird friends and get us in trouble with the Birds Rights Commission!
6D 300 X2 2000th F5.6 ISO 2000 shutter speed - seems I'm always worried there will be movement or flight that I won't catch.
JDW
My bad ... I mixed up his "Date Registered" and "Last Active" date.Maximilian said:Rienzphotoz said:... it was 1982chris911 who hasn't been active for over 2 years ...
Last Active: May 07, 2013, 04:10:50 PM
Still some time ago, but not 2 years.
But a really wonderful and inspiring thread. Thanks to all contributors, too.