The most common evidence of the flash of a bird is a red-eye or silver-eye effect. The further the bird from the camera the more noticeable the effect. We can minimize this with a flash bracket that shifts the flash from the centre of the lens.
The Verditer Flycatcher above perched at an electric cable about 20 feet from me. With the flash at minus 1 setting, the neck and breast colour are almost burned out.
Canon 50D fires in fast continuous shooting at 6 fps, the flash can't keep up, so I have flash and unflash pictures. With that, we can compare which one is the true plumage of the bird.
In this case, the un-flash is the true colour of this male Verditer Flycatcher.
Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassina)
Location: Jelai Resort, Fraser's Hill, Pahang.
7 comments:
Interesting piece. Sometimes I use a flash for a little extra fill light. But the problem I have is that it often reflects a neon blue from the retina much like the red eye we get from humans.
Gorgeous shots Tabib of a beautiful bird!
Good post Tabib. It looks much better in that accidental non-flash capture. I think you should visit FH more often than you currently do :)
First, I love the coloring on this bird. I am always at a loss when it comes to flash. I'm never really sure when to use it. Thanks for the info
thanks for the good advice on using flash Tabib. I could have used your help in Menorca when trying to get pictures of Scops Owl. You got some brilliant pictured there flash or not.
Sharp details make both image very beautiful, I somehow prefer the one without the flash...Thomas
Good info, Tabib and excellent shots!
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