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Went out this morning to check out the Pro Capture feature of the Oly EM1.3 for BIF. Lucky for me came across a pair of swallows and a group of Bee Eater flying and peaching back on the same branch.
I am pleasantly surprised by what appeared in the EVF. Tag sharp images of flight sequences of the swallows.
From personal experiences this Pro Capture feature beats the Sony A9 hands down for easy of capturing such shots. From personal experiences this Pro Capture feature beats the Sony A9 hands down for easy of capturing such shots. More keepers. BUT when it comes to TRACKING BIF A9 is far far superior!
The shots with the Bee Eater is not as consistently sharp as the swallow. I noticed the Diamond focus area was locking onto the surrounding subjects instead of the Bee Eater. Tomorrow I will try Single focus area.
The swallow was 54 ft away.
Image cropped from 20MP down to 2MP
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PUBLISHED ON "OASIS" NATURE MAGAZINE, n.187, ON "PICTURE DESCRIBED" FEATURE, BY ANGELO GANDOLFI, 2010.
During my recent encounter with these Bee Eater I was fortunately to have many keepers of the fight shots. I shoot these at s1/4000, f4 to 5.6, CAF with Subject detection in Sequential Mode of 25 fps or SH2. Taking off or landing shoots were shot with ProCapture SH2.
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"Courage!" he said, and pointed toward the land,
"This mounting wave will roll us shoreward soon."
In the afternoon they came unto a land
In which it seemed always afternoon.
All round the coast the languid air did swoon,
Breathing like one that hath a weary dream.
-Alfred, Lord Tennyson "The Lotos-eaters"
Little Bee Eaters, Merops pusillus, hunting together, 7/2/19 late morning near the Sand River and Tanzania, Maasai Mara Kenya
(Merops apiaster)
Raposas
Portugal
As you will probably notice, this photo is very similar to a previous one I posted here some days ago, but I couldn't resist sharing it once more.
(With Vanellus' logistical support)
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this order CORACIIFORMES (240)
- All the photos for this family Meropidae // Meropídeos (87)
- All the photos for this species Merops apiaster (44)
- All the photos taken this day 2021/05/02 (5)
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Rainbow Bee-eater with his catch
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A couple of Bee-Eaters perched in front of a vertical sand bank full of nests.
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I had hoped to see some of these but really didn't expect to. While out on a boat safari, we came upon a whole cliffside full of holes and it was buzzing like a hive of bees. I doubt that is where they got the name, but it was just like bees coming and going.
It is the smallest African bee-eater. Bee-eaters predominantly eat insects, especially bees, wasps and hornets, which are caught in the air by sorties from an open perch. Before eating its meal, a bee-eater removes the sting by repeatedly hitting the insect on a hard surface.
Gambia, Kotu
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