by Krishna Mohan
Silhouette
It was late in the evening and light was not sufficient for any meaningful hand held bird photography. I saw the male Loten’s Sunbird(Cinnyris lotenius) on a Peacock Flower (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) plant searching for nectar in the nearby flowers. I had my Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L IS USM on Canon EOS 7D. The dark dried pod of Peacock Flower was giving a nice silhouette against the setting sun. So I under exposed by 2 stops to get this result with only outline of the bird, complimented by the dried pod. I was on ISO 200 which gave a very sharp outline without any noise.
Loten's Sunbird
You can read more about Male Loten’s Sunbird in my earlier posts here and here
EXIF info…
Camera:
Canon EOS 7D
Lens:
EF300mm f/4L IS USM
Exposure Mode:
Auto exposure
Exposure Time:
1/180 sec.
Exposure Bias:
+1.0
Aperture (F Stop):
f/8.0
ISO Used:
200
Flash Used:
Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode.
White Balance:
0
Focal Length:
300.0 mm
Metering Mode:
Pattern
Date Time:
2010:03:21 17:58:02
GPS Location in Google Map:
12° 55' 19.8" N, 74° 51' 57.4" E, 707 m.a.s.l.
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Krishna Mohan
All rights Reserved. This Image may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or trasmitted in any forms or by any means, including electronic, mechanical, photocopying & recording without my written permission. If you’d like to make usage request, just ask: drkrishi@drkrishi.com
EXIF info…
Camera:
Canon EOS 7D
Lens:
EF300mm f/4L IS USM
Exposure Mode:
Auto exposure
Exposure Time:
1/180 sec.
Exposure Bias:
+1.0
Aperture (F Stop):
f/8.0
ISO Used:
200
Flash Used:
Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode.
White Balance:
0
Focal Length:
300.0 mm
Metering Mode:
Pattern
Date Time:
2010:03:21 17:58:05
GPS Location in Google Map:
12° 55' 19.8" N, 74° 51' 57.4" E, 707 m.a.s.l.
Copyright ©
Krishna Mohan
All rights Reserved. This Image may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or trasmitted in any forms or by any means, including electronic, mechanical, photocopying & recording without my written permission. If you’d like to make usage request, just ask: drkrishi@drkrishi.com
Tags: and flamboyan-de-jardin, Arachnechthra lotenia, Asia, Aves, Bondel, Caesalpinia, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Caesalpinioideae, Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L IS USM, Canon EOS 7D, Chordata, Cinnyris, Cinnyris lotenius, Dakshina Kannada, Dwarf Poinciana, Fabaceae, Fabales, Guletura (Hindi), India, Karnataka, Kenjige (Kannada), Krishnachura (Manipuri), Krishnachura Radhachura (Bengali), Krishnochuda (Oriya), Long-billed Sunbird, Loten's Sunbird, Magnoliophyta, Magnoliopsida, Mangalore, Maroon-breasted Sunbird, Mayurkonrai (Tamil), Mexican Bird of Paradise, Nectarinia lotenia, Nectariniidae, Passeriformes, Peacock Flower, Poinciana, Pride of Barbados, Ratnagandhi (Telugu), Red Bird of Paradise, Sankasur (Marathi), Settimandaram (Malayalam), Sidhakya (Sanskrit)
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March 29th, 2010 at 11:28 AM
Distinct capture, how do you manage to get both sides?
March 30th, 2010 at 9:29 PM
Shanavas Thanks, sunbird was jumping around a lot so I got its head both towards east and west. I was stationary look at the angle of the pod. That remained constant in both photos. Bird was giving me all the poses
Krishna mohan