Luzon Hornbill

Here's sharing a female Penelopides manillae (a Philippine endemic) captured at Mt. Makiling (Philippines) yesterday.

The bird was in the shade and I decided to expose it correctly at the expense of blowing some sunlit leaves at the upper right corner. The scene's DR was just too large for the sensor to cope with, even with RAW.

350D + Sigmonster + Canon 2x TC, 1600 mm, f/18, ISO 400, 1/10 sec (yes, 0.10 sec.... ), manual focus and exposure, MLU, RAW in ACR:

Great capture! Yes, the leaves could be fixed, but the bird is the shot. Thanks for sharing.

Wow...incredible shot of a bird I have never seen before. Simply perfect. Excellent work as always Romy.

A 2X TC on a sigmonster at 1/10th, and it comes out like that. Simply superb.

beautiful shoot of a wonderful bird. excellent work as always romy.

AMAZING!!! approx. how far away are the birds when you make shots like this??

Brandon

Hi Romy once again another fantastic capture. How about organizing a photo shoot in the Phillipines for interesting members here.

Sigma should be sending you free lenses for the unbelievable advertising you're giving them! Fantastic shot!

BEAUTIFUL...Love the green fg-bg and the blue ring around the eyes. Very well done Romy.

Thanks, everybody....

canonshooter4life wrote in post #2495878
AMAZING!!! approx. how far away are the birds when you make shots like this??

Brandon

Brandon, I was about 50 - 60 feet from the bird. This was taken in portrait mode and almost full frame in the horizontal, and cropped at the top and bottom.

Romy

luckyart60 wrote in post #2495983
Hi Romy once again another fantastic capture. How about organizing a photo shoot in the Phillipines for interesting members here.

Thanks, John.... you're all welcome to bird in our sun-kissed islands...

For you guys who're considering shooting birds here, check out our e-group on Philippine Bird Photography (membership is open/free) for info sharing and networking.

http://groups.yahoo.co​m …lippine_bird_ph​otography/

Romy

WOW i need to get me one of those sigmonsters someday...the reach is much more tempting then IS! I use extension tubes to get as close as i can:p

Brandon

Excellent capture, as always; nice work; I'am waiting for you to find and shoot the elusive and rare Phillipine Monkey-eating Eagle. Pithecophaga jefferyi

Another super image here Romy with great DOF and details on the bird. There certainly are some unique and beautiful birds in the Phillipines and you are a master at photographing them.

Eccellent shot Romy as usual. Hopefully I'll get to the Phillipines someday to see some of your beautiful birds first hand.