by Krishna Mohan
Female Loten's Sunbird
Long time back I had posted two articles on Male Loten’s Sunbird (Cinnyris lotenius) here and here. Recently on a cloudy overcast afternoon I found the female Loten’s Sunbird who frequents Oleander bush in our garden was sitting on the overhead television cable. As I picked up my Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM fitted on Canon EOS 1D Mark IV to photograph her. I realized that I was too close to her.
Light from the overcast sky was nicely highlighting her extra curved beak. When I took meter reading off her I found the sky will totally blow out as the sky was 4 stops brighter than the bird. Since I was concerned about the correct exposure for the bird I took 3 consecutive shots with 3 different composition. Within seconds of posing she flew away.
Female Loten's Sunbird
When I looked at the photos it was starkly minimalistic with brilliant white sky. Sometimes it works to your advantage to have such a sky. I have seen many wedding photographers using white sky to highlight their subjects. Here since the background was bared of everything bird was highlighted as though it was taken out of my bird guide book.
So to enhance this contrast I converted one of the 3 pictures I took to Black & white. Even though the bird was stationary the mood of each picture is different as I had composed each differently. Post processing I noticed the sky was blown out far more than I had expected and I had to use recovery slider in Adobe Lightroom to get my whites back from blown-out stage.
Female Loten's Sunbird
EXIF info…
Camera:
Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens:
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
Exposure Mode:
Manual exposure
Exposure Time:
1/320 sec.
Exposure Bias:
0.0
Aperture (F Stop):
f/4.0
ISO Used:
100
Flash Used:
Flash did not fire.
White Balance:
As Shot
Focal Length:
300.0 mm
Metering Mode:
Pattern
Date Time:
2011:07:29 14:59:24
GPS Location in Google Map:
13° 4' 2.2" N, 74° 59' 43.9" E, 127 m.a.s.l.
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Krishna Mohan
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EXIF info…
Camera:
Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens:
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
Exposure Mode:
Manual exposure
Exposure Time:
1/320 sec.
Exposure Bias:
0.0
Aperture (F Stop):
f/4.0
ISO Used:
100
Flash Used:
Flash did not fire.
White Balance:
As Shot
Focal Length:
300.0 mm
Metering Mode:
Pattern
Date Time:
2011:07:29 14:59:25
GPS Location in Google Map:
13° 4' 2.2" N, 74° 59' 43.9" E, 127 m.a.s.l.
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Krishna Mohan
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EXIF info…
Camera:
Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens:
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
Exposure Mode:
Manual exposure
Exposure Time:
1/320 sec.
Exposure Bias:
0.0
Aperture (F Stop):
f/4.0
ISO Used:
100
Flash Used:
Flash did not fire.
White Balance:
As Shot
Focal Length:
300.0 mm
Metering Mode:
Pattern
Date Time:
2011:07:29 14:59:25
GPS Location in Google Map:
13° 4' 2.2" N, 74° 59' 43.9" E, 127 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: Akruthi, Arachnechthra lotenia, Asia, Aves, birds, Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM, Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, Chordata, Cinnyris, Cinnyris lotenius, Dakshina Kannada, female, India, Karnataka, Long-billed Sunbird, Loten's Sunbird, Maroon-breasted Sunbird, Moodabidri, Nectarinia lotenia, Nectariniidae, Passeriformes, white background), wire
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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
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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.
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Krishna Mohan
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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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by Krishna Mohan
Male Loten's Sunbird
Last Sunday I had plenty of birds to shoot. It had stopped raining and birds were busy finding nest materials. I stood beside a milk weed bush whaich had dry seed pod with silk in it. That day I got several good shots.Here is one of the Male Loten’s Sunbird(Cinnyris lotenius) from that day’s photography.
Edit: After Shiva’s Comment I thought of removing the noise from the image. Reason for this noise was Under exposure which was corrected in light room as well as cropping as I had taken this with my X Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM without Tele converter.
Loten's Sunbird after Noiseware
Here is the result from Noiseware Plugin. I started using Imagenomic Noiseware after I found it better than NoiseNinja, Nik Dfine 2.1, Neat Image.
EXIF info…
Camera:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens:
EF400mm f/5.6L USM
Exposure Mode:
Manual exposure
Exposure Time:
1/400 sec.
Exposure Bias:
0.0
Aperture (F Stop):
f/6.3
ISO Used:
800
Flash Used:
Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode.
White Balance:
As Shot
Focal Length:
400.0 mm
Metering Mode:
Pattern
Date Time:
2009:06:14 15:11:36
GPS Location in Google Map:
12° 55' 18.9" N, 74° 51' 57.6" E, 71 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
EXIF info…
Camera:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens:
EF400mm f/5.6L USM
Exposure Mode:
Manual exposure
Exposure Time:
1/400 sec.
Exposure Bias:
0.0
Aperture (F Stop):
f/6.3
ISO Used:
800
Flash Used:
Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode.
White Balance:
As Shot
Focal Length:
400.0 mm
Metering Mode:
Pattern
Date Time:
2009:06:14 15:11:36
GPS Location in Google Map:
unknown (no GPS data)
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: birds, Bondel, Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM, Canon EOS 5D mark II, Cinnyris lotenius, Imagenomic Noiseware, Loten's Sunbird, Neat Image, Nik Dfine, NoiseNinja
Posted in Nature, Photography, Wildlife | Comments (4)
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