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Feb 18, 2010

Mejiro in My Sights

Posted by Amami Superman

Nikon D60, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6 @ 200mm, 1/1600 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400 -- EXIF
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Today's post is a continuation of yesterday's post. Today's post is all of the photos I took of mejiro. Mejiro means white eye in Japanese. Besides this first photo, I gave the same light glow to the other photos as I did in my previous post.


Nikon D60, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6 @ 200mm, 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400 -- EXIF
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Nikon D60, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6 @ 200mm, 1/800 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400 -- EXIF
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Nikon D60, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6 @ 200mm, 1/1600 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400 -- EXIF
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Nikon D60, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6 @ 200mm, 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 800 -- EXIF
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Nikon D60, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6 @ 200mm, 1/800 sec, f/5.6, ISO 800 -- EXIF
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Nikon D60, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6 @ 200mm, 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 800 -- EXIF
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Nikon D60, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6 @ 200mm, 1/1250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 800 -- EXIF
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Nikon D60, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6 @ 200mm, 1/640 sec, f/5.6, ISO 800 -- EXIF
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None of these photos were cropped and I didn't do much post editing besides the light glow. I stood up on a concrete picnic table with my head up in the branches for a little over an hour trying not to move too quickly so not to scare the birds away. It was pretty warm that day and I was sweating profusely. I think I even got a slight sun burn. But it was all worth it for these shots.

2 comments:

Peter in Wales said...

Excellent shots - the white-eye must be pretty tame, or bold, for you to get so close. My favourite is probably #3, the pose of which reminds me strongly of the traditional kachou gafu (flower and bird) prints such as those by Keinen. I imagine the cherries are Prunus campanulata (hi-kanzakura) which I believe is much planted in southern Japan.

Amami Superman said...

They're actually not that tame and easily startled. As I said, I stood motionless on a concrete picnic table with my head in the branches ready to shoot for a little over an hour. Just as they would start to come around, a car or truck would pass and they would fly away. It was frustrating at times, but it all paid off in the end. I'm glad you like the photos.

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