This night forager was resting on a coconut frond about 25 feet above the ground, inside the vast campus of the University of the Philippines at Diliman, Quezon City, nearly six years ago. It was as motionless as the Oblation statue, and this allowed me to utilize a very slow shutter speed (1/15 sec) to expose well at a low ISO 200.
This species is found only in the Philippines and at 9-1/2 inch total length considered medium small. Both sexes look alike. This individual was partially in the shade, and I was shooting against the overcast sky at around noon time. So I decided to resort to a hand held spotlight as a mild fill-in lighting, and this lessened the shadows a bit. This is among the few times I used artificial lighting at wild birds.
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Philippine Nightjar (Caprimulgus manillensis, a Philippine endemic)
Habitat - Uncommon in scrub, second growth and pine forest up to 2000 m.
Habitat - Uncommon in scrub, second growth and pine forest up to 2000 m.
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| Shooting Info - UP-Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, November 30, 2007, Canon 40D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG), 800 mm, f/9, ISO 200, 1/15 sec, 475B/3421 support, fill-in spotlight, manual exposure. |
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