This is an educational article to inspire young people to acquire digital photography skills as a hobby. Over 90% of the peers will not be interested. Hence, you possess a rare useful skill which is de-stressing as well.
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Tuesday April 9, 2019
I went to the exercise area at around 7.30 am instead of past 8 am. Bright sunny day. No birds were seen on the trees for some minutes. Suddenly, some noises on top of another tree attracted my attention. There were 3 birds high up the tree, around 3 stories high pushing each other or climbing on top of each other.
I focused my lens up the tree and got one good family photo out of a few.
After around 2 minutes, the sire flew away. Enough of family bonding? Do birds bother with work-life balance like people?
The two juveniles stayed awhile, basking in the sunlight.
"That is the end of my bird photography," I had not seen the few Javan mynahs around the trees today.
As I walked away, the sire flew past me and perched on another tree for around 5 minutes. I was able to video and photograph him. He looked very healthy, has good weight and was vigorous. Soon after I stopped the videoing, he flew off!
VIDEO of the sire, flying back and perched on a tree, as if returning for a video and photography session with me. He stayed perched on the same tree for around 5 minutes.
CAMERA USED
Canon DSLR 80.
Lens EFS 18-200mm at 200mm
P mode, Autofocus, Image stabiliser
Handheld
With "P mode", there is no need to worry shutter speed, aperture and ISO.
IMAGE EDITING
Photoshop CC. I use Ctrl A (all image), Ctrl T (transform) up to 160.
Press "Shift" key to get the birds into view. Then crop the photo to show the birds in larger view.
Image size of above images Size is 1.91M. 1000 pix x 667 pix at resolution 300 dpi.At 300 dpi, the photo can be printed to show good images.
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IMAGES WITH TEXT (tells a story) of the morning of the 3 pink-necked green pigeons
basking in the sunlight at around 8 am on Apr 9, 2019.
IMAGES WITHOUT TEXT
ORIGINAL IMAGES
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| 1.91M 6000 pix x 4000 pix 72dpi. This is the image from a 200mm lens. Your hand must be steady. Focus on the bird's eye, using the single-point focus via the view finder. |
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FLASH BACK photos
Feb 25, 2019.
his male pink necked green pigeon was busy flying to and fro the trees to gather twigs for nest building. I got a photo of him with a twig in his mouth.
From Mar 11 - 25, 2019. I was overseas in New Zealand.
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