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Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)

submitted 11 months ago by ada@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/birding@lemmy.world

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This was taken in near total darkness, with a hand held, 300mm 1 second exposure. I love this camera and lens!

And thank you to the Tawny, who was happy staying perfectly still for my long exposure :)

#frogmouth #TawnyFrogmouth #brisbane #meanjin #bird #urbanbirdphotography #australianbirds

A Tawny Frogmouth, sitting on top of an Australian style clothes line, looking right towards the camera. The conditions are near darkness, but the photo does not show that, as the bird appears will lit due to the long exposure

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[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What kind of black magic does your camera run on? This looks like a photo in broad daylight! 🤯

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[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone [S] 9 points 11 months ago

There was a tiny amount of light, enough for me to use manual focus to find the right focus point. And once I did that, I just did a long exposure (1 second in this case)

1 second would be WAY too long for most birds, because they don't sit still, but Frogmouths are ambush predators, that sit perfectly still for hours on end until prey comes close. Also, the lens and the camera body are image stabalised, so I was able to hand hold the camera (with great care) to make it all work.

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[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

1 second exposure is enough to let all the light in and some more.

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Owls would begrudgingly approve of their stick mimicry.

Also, stop sleeping on the nightjar family. Suspected of being closer relatives to our owl friends, and they have some great examples like this dragon-bird hybrid, the Great Eared Nightjar.