Sta. Rosa birds

[Manny Illana]

taken last aug. 18 during a birding sortie with martin...

struggled with the birding/photography after months of inactivitiy
in fact, i even forgot to energize my batteries... good thing martin was happy enough to lend me his while i charged mine. (thanks a mil marts!) hahaha!!!

thanks for looking...

nikon d200 + nikkor 500/f8
iso 400 aperture priority

scaly breasted munia
... caught in the act of preening....


oriental pratincole
(not as sharp as martin's shots, probably made mistakes in both fine focusing and post-processing)

[Neon Rosell II]

Glad your back shooting birds again Manny!! ;D

The pratincole is a little dark on my monitor but love the detail and exposure on the munia.

[Martin Alvendia]

Nice set Manny! Hope we can do this again soon!

[Romy Ocon]

Love the Munia doing a "Rexona" moment, Manny!

[Manny Illana]

thanks guys... that munia was a real show-off!
funny though that some of the pics aren't displaying properly... let's try that again

scaly breasted munia


zebra dove