Let the girls have a turn
Jun 14, 2023 21:29:25 #
In most of the bird world, males are colored to stand out and females are colored to blend in. From an evolutionary standpoint, makes sense. There are a few birds though, that even though the females may be subdued, they are beautiful in their own right. IMO, these are two of those. Closely related, the Shining Honeycreeper and Red-legged Honeycreepers, live in Central and even into South America. These two were photographed in Costa Rica only a few seconds apart.
Shot with a Canon R5, 600 mm f/4.0 lens + 2x teleconverter off a tripod. SS 1/1000, ISO 4000, f/8.0 with EC of -.3. Cropped very little but the Shining Honeycreeper was converted into a portrait scene via crop, saturation brought up slightly on bird and perch.
Shot with a Canon R5, 600 mm f/4.0 lens + 2x teleconverter off a tripod. SS 1/1000, ISO 4000, f/8.0 with EC of -.3. Cropped very little but the Shining Honeycreeper was converted into a portrait scene via crop, saturation brought up slightly on bird and perch.
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Jun 14, 2023 22:23:55 #
Very sharp and well exposed with a soft background! Nice lens but heavy for me !
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing.
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Bill_de wrote:
Beautiful birds on a very nice perch!
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Thank you. Agree with you that they are beautiful birds.
Jun 15, 2023 08:00:17 #
anhmydo1941 wrote:
Very sharp and well exposed with a soft background! Nice lens but heavy for me !
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing.
I hear you about the weight. I have some smaller zoom telephotos that are significantly lighter, but IMO, the image quality (BG, detail, bokeh) is so much better with the prime, that I put up with the weight.
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Dan Thornton wrote:
Excellent, thanks for sharing.
Appreciate you looking and commenting.
Jun 15, 2023 08:02:25 #
Retired CPO wrote:
More great Bird photos! Thank you for sharing these!!
Thank you for looking. Many people get tired of the "guide book" style of images, but I love the birds. I like my images to show off the birds with their amazing colors, shapes, and details.
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