Black-throated Sunbird

Gallery: AvianPosted April 8, 2010176 views22 comments

Here's another image from Doi Inthanon National Park in Thailand taken during our trip there in January 2009. A pair of this species were hanging out in a flowering bush. The problem was they tended to stay in the middle of the bush and moved very fast. I tried with my main rig but just couldn't seem to get at them, so I put on my 300mm F4 which focuses closely. This gave me the ability to get in close to the birds and track them inside the bush, this was the result. I was pretty happy with it, considering the lighting. I applied noise reduction to the bg. Cropped to about 80% of FF.

MkIII 300F4 1.4X 1/50 F7.1 iso 1600, handheld

Comments

22 comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on April 8, 2010 at 9:02 PM

That's a neat looking image as a result. I love the colors of the bird and the different colors of the bg. The bird is super sharp too

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Comment posted by Dan Moore on April 8, 2010 at 9:04 PM

Could fit in PhotoArt as well as here. A joy to see!!

Dan

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 8, 2010 at 9:34 PM

a beautiful bird very nicely captured!
Great colors and BG.
Sandy r

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on April 8, 2010 at 9:57 PM

Beautiful bird and capture Nate.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on April 8, 2010 at 10:10 PM

Gorgeous colors in the bird Nate, and I like that the oof branches frame the subject. Nice!

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on April 8, 2010 at 10:21 PM

nice work finding a way to get the shot, Nate. certainly a spectacular bird. love the sharpness, colors, and iridescence. there's some noise in the dark parts of the bird, but at ISO 1600, it still looks good, and I'd be thrilled to have taken this.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 8, 2010 at 10:35 PM

Beautiful, Nate. Excellent detail and the eye contact is outstanding.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on April 8, 2010 at 10:43 PM

great for ISO 1600 - love the variety of colors and the interesting lines

- Luke

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on April 9, 2010 at 12:17 AM

Excellent job. Great sharpness-especailly when handheld at 1/50. You must be steady as a rock. There is some noise at ISO 1600, but obviously needed for speed.

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on April 9, 2010 at 12:21 AM

A beauty, Nate! These hyper-active birds are difficult to get a good image of - not to mention one as good as this. The flowers in the background (looks like hibiscus) add a nice environment touch.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on April 9, 2010 at 3:24 AM

Beautiful bird well captured - I especially like the iridescense about head, eye contact and pink accents in the background.

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Comment posted by Roger Leekam on April 9, 2010 at 7:58 AM

Unbelievably good, given the conditions you describe. not many photographers could have done as well.

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on April 9, 2010 at 8:34 AM

From your description this is a very nice shot under difficult conditions. I like the colorful BG with the flowers. I think it is OOF enough to not be distracting. Personally I prefer BGs like this that show some environment and habitat over the perfectly smooth BGs that seem to be so popular. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on April 9, 2010 at 10:51 AM

Nate,
great capture of a beautiful bird. The pose and the eye contact are super. I really like the background too. Excellent job under difficult condition.

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Comment posted by Nick Saunders on April 9, 2010 at 10:52 AM

Another fancy-looking fella you captured there Nate. Gorgeous colours .

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 9, 2010 at 12:16 PM

What an awesome bird Nate. Love that beak. Pretty good sharpness for HH at 1/50 and ISO 1600. I see a bit of noise in the bird from the high ISO, but really not bad at all considering. Well executed.

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Comment posted by Doug Gilham on April 9, 2010 at 5:25 PM

Great capture Nate, I like how the bird is framed by the oof limbs as well. You've done great on the noise considering it was 1600, I'd certainly be happy with this too.

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on April 9, 2010 at 10:27 PM

It looks great to me, Nate. The background makes it more like a work of art.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 10, 2010 at 8:27 AM

Handheld at 1/50 - nice job. Nice and sharp Nate, little bit of noise in the larger image in the wings but, at 1600, well done.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on April 10, 2010 at 5:22 PM

He's a beauty Nate! Your persistence payed off nicely.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by KC Choo on April 10, 2010 at 7:12 PM

Wonderful to get this so cleanly, Nate! Well done!

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on April 10, 2010 at 8:49 PM

A definite wall hanger. The colors of the bird and also the bg make this very special.

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