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Ptilinopus roseicapilla (Mariana fruit dove)

Mariana fruit doves are threatened with extinction on their native islands. This threat is caused, i...
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Ptilinopus roseicapilla (Mariana fruit dove)

Mariana fruit doves are threatened with extinction on their native islands. This threat is caused, in part, by tree snakes that have been introduced into their habitat. Habitat destruction has also taken its toll. They are already extinct on one native island, Guam.

It is not rare to find some of these Mariana Fruit Doves in a zoo or similar, there have been programs to capture wild doves. They are being bred in captivity to help save the species.

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cameraCanon EOS 7D

settings Aperture f/5.6 ISO 400 Shutter 1/60 Focal Length 300/1 

locationHouston, Texas, US

upload_dateJan, 2021

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2 Comments |
richardpetersen Platinum
 
richardpetersen January 25, 2021
Wow ...!!!
InfinitePossibilities
 
InfinitePossibilities December 08, 2023
This is really interesting. The bird itself is gorgeous, and such an excellent capture!! Thank you for including the description, I learned a great deal about this bird, I had never heard of before.

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#bird #animal #dove #pigeon #extintion #mariana #fruit #dove #in danger #zoo #wild
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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo at the Houston Zoo in Houston, Texas, USA

Time

It was in the afternoon of a cloudy, very hot, humid, a typical summer day in Houston.

Lighting

The light was a challenge since it was cloudy, the natural light was a bit dull in the shade, colors were not getting as well defined and bright as I expected. I would have preferred to have full sun without clouds, but it was what it was.

Equipment

To take this photo I used my Canon 7D with the 75-300 mm 1:4-5.6 III USM zoom lens. Neither flash nor tripod were used. I still feel that I have a good pulse and that even using 1/60 s speed I would be able to take the photo without the tripod. Actually, if somebody else was going to take the photo I would have recommended the use of tripod, but I did not have one at the time and I doubt they would have allowed me to use one at the Zoo.

Inspiration

I was not in my best mood that afternoon, due to the hot and the humid day I was a bit down and most of the photos I took that day were not good enough. I only saved probably a dozen from something like two hundred I took that day. When I reached the birds cages I was very tired, but when I saw this colorful bird I said this has to be good, I had never seen before this kind of bird and the colors on it were very attractive. I set up the camera and was not very confident because the cage is in the shades, anyway, I decided to take a chance with ISO 400 and a very low shutter speed (what with a 300 mm zoom lens is totally out of the rules), I looked for a distance to the bird that would allow me to avoid the wires of the cage by taking them out of the focus distance, this was close to the cage but not that close. Once I had the bird in focus, the wires not being seen and I could kept the camera firm and leveled, I released the shutter. Look into the display and the photo was exactly what I wanted.

Editing

Yes, I used Adobe Photoshop, but not to much editing for this one. The photo in my opinion was good with just a bit of extra Contrast, Vibrance and Saturation; just enough to bright up a little the real colors of the bird since the light was dull, as the bird cage was completely in the sun shade.

In my camera bag

I have a Canon 7D that is soon to be 10 years old. I had the lens that was used for this photo the 75-300 mm 1:4-5.6 III USM zoom lens, which I loved, until the people at a check point in an airport in Spain dropped it and completely destroyed it, I am still crying for that terrible day. I also have a 28-135 mm 1:3.5-5.6 EF IS zoom lens and I also have in my bag a 18-55 mm 1:3.5-5.6 IS II lens and a 55-250 mm 1:4-5.6 IS EF-S., Canon Remote Control, extra batteries, CF cards, extension tubes and an adapter for the 28-135 mm lens to invert it and use it as a macro lens that I am still trying to dominate. I have several tripods, one monopod and many filters. Recently my wife bought a Canon 5D MK IV for me. This is a fantastic camera. In my opinion the best I have ever had, but I am still trying to get used to it. It came with a zoom lens 24-105 mm 1:4 L IS II USM, a marvelous piece of equipment. I love it. I am definitely a Canon fan.

Feedback

Well, since I confessed that I broke the rules, probably, I am not entitled to give advice to anybody. I should have used a 1/300s shutter speed (as a minimum) with a higher ISO, but I doubt it would have given me the definition and resolution this photo has. So my advice would be: when you are challenged by the light conditions and you are compromised with the focusing, try different things, different exposures, move around your subject take photos and checked and make re-takes until you are satisfied. Normally you have to "work" your photo a lot, sometimes you are lucky with few shots, or only one, as I was with this one.

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