838 Images in 17 Minutes and 26 Seconds …
The last segment of my Peruvian adventure has provided some excellent photography, mostly with perched hummingbirds. Things peaked today on the morning of Sunday, November 27, 2016 when I created 838 images in 17 minutes and 26 seconds. All of the same bird–Marvelous Spatuletail–on the same perch. It is a very rare bird and good photographs of this species are rare at best. With limited internet access here at Abra Patricia Owlet Lodge, I have been unable to find out about how many pairs there are of this Peruvian endemic. If you know or can find out, please do share. Oh, by the way: I kept 257 of the 838 images on the first round of editing. Photos after I get home.
I fly back to Lima tomorrow and plan on spending Tuesday looking for some tame Inca Terns with a local guide. I fly back to Santiago, Chile on Wednesday 30 NOV to meet my 2-Week Land-based Falklands IPT group. I will be staying an extra week in the Falklands and finally getting home late on 25 DEC. Note: two years out, it looks as if four of the eight slots on the 2018/2019 Cheap Land-based Falklands IPT are filled … And best of all, the Galapagos Photo Expedition is nearly sold out. Desperately seeking a few more folks for Japan and San Diego. Please e-mail if you are seriously interested.
Today I am feeling as good as I have felt since my gall bladder surgery on Thursday October 6, 2016. As my late Dad often said, “Who’d a thunk it?”
later and much love, artie
ps: I should have halfway decent internet access for the next few days at least.
Speed Kills
In the low light, high ISO situation, I will give you six guesses as to which camera body I used to photograph the spatuletail. I used the 500 II with the 1.4X III TC.
I look forward to seeing your chosen image of this beautiful bird – one I would really like to photograph. Safe journey home and all the BEST for Christmas.
I am going to be clueless here. What do you do with all these images. I have heard you say, images of birds are hard to sell these days. Don’t mean to be snarky. Just curious
5DIV
Don’t think that the 5D IV could shoot that fast 🙂
later and love, a
1DXII
1DXII
1DXII
1DXII
1DXII
1DXII
6 guesses
🙂
Excellente. Times six.
Artie- here’s the population information from the IUCN;
The population is estimated to number 250-999 mature individuals based on an assessment of known records, descriptions of abundance and range size. This is consistent with recorded population density estimates for congeners or close relatives with a similar body size, and the fact that only a proportion of the estimated Extent of Occurrence is likely to be occupied. This estimate is equivalent to 375-1,499 individuals in total, rounded here to 350-1,500 individuals.
Hey Tom. Thanks for the info. Warren Jacobi e-mailed the info above along with a link to the ICUN site: http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/marvelous-spatuletail-loddigesia-mirabilis
The short story: it is RED LIST endangered.
later and love, artie
That’s got to be a record — even for you!!!
By very far 🙂
later and love, a