John Chardine
06-07-2008, 07:54 PM
I spent the afternoon photographing an American Redstart male. A bonus was that I had a Black-capped Chickadee nest nearby. Every few minutes one of the parents would return to feed the chicks or remove a faecal sac. Here is one of the parents leaving the nest cavity. The process of leaving literally occurred in the blink of an eye so I simply laid on the shutter release when I suspected a parent was leaving. The light was filtered through the forest canopy and I used fill-flash with a Beamer. I was careful to be still and it appeared that the parents took no notice of me (as did the redstart which continued to sing within a meter of my ear).
Nothing much done to the image except crop and usual processing.
40D, 500 mm f4
capture date: Saturday, June 7, 2008 3:06:02 PM
exposure program: Aperture Priority
ISO speed: 800
shutter speed: 1/640
aperture: f4.0
exposure bias: +0.0
metering: Pattern
flash: ON - Compulsory flash mode
focal length: 500.0
Nothing much done to the image except crop and usual processing.
40D, 500 mm f4
capture date: Saturday, June 7, 2008 3:06:02 PM
exposure program: Aperture Priority
ISO speed: 800
shutter speed: 1/640
aperture: f4.0
exposure bias: +0.0
metering: Pattern
flash: ON - Compulsory flash mode
focal length: 500.0