After
a few years of not shooting birds in flight due to my busy schedule, I
finally found time to try catching my feathered subjects in the air
again a few days ago.
My old 5D III and the 400 DO II (plus 1.4x TC III) were retrieved from
storage, they still work thankfully. My reflexes are slow as expected,
but improved a bit after a few minutes of BIF shooting.
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Red Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica, resident)
Habitat - Open country or lawns.
Size - 9 inches total length.
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Shooting Info - Maambal Orchard, Pozorrubio, Pangasinan,
Philippines, May 7, 2023, EOS 5D MIII + EF 400 DO IS II + EF 1.4x TC
III,
560 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 sec, ISO 640, manual exposure in available light, hand held, major crop resized to 1800 x 1200. _____ Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus, resident)
Habitat - Open country usually associated with water along rivers, marshes and ricefields. Size - 11.5 inches total length.  | Shooting
Info - Maambal Orchard, Pozorrubio, Pangasinan, Philippines,
May 6, 2023, EOS 5D MIII + EF 400 DO IS II + EF 1.4x TC III, 560 mm,
f/5.6, 1/2500 sec, ISO 640, manual exposure in available light, hand
held, major crop resized to 1500 x 1000.
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Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum, resident]
Habitat - Drier open areas, dry ricefields, pastures and plowed fields.  | | Shooting Info - Maambal Orchard, Pozorrubio, Pangasinan, Philippines,
May 6, 2023, EOS 5D MIII + EF 400 DO IS II + EF 1.4x TC III,
560 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 sec, ISO 640, manual exposure in available light, hand held, major crop resized to 1500 x 1000.
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