My version of the Coppersmith Barbet and Colasisi

[Mark Itol]

Took a chance shooting the barbets and colasisi in UPD last Sunday with Bong, Doc Mando, Doc Chito and wife, and Bong's friend who wields an 800mm f5.6 L IS. Here is my share.

Coppersmit Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala)
D40 + 70-300 VR, 300mm, ISO 400, 1/40s, f/8, Manual Exposure, Available Light, Tripod + Gimbal Support, 100% Crop


And the pair
1/30s, f/8


Colasisi (Loriculus philippensis)
D40 + 70-300 VR, 300mm, ISO 400, 1/200s, f/8, Manual Exposure, Available Light, Tripod + Gimbal Support, 100% Crop

[Romy Ocon]

Very nice set, Mark! I need to revisit UPD one of these days for that Colasisi.

[Ding Carpio]

Excellent!

Although UP is just my "neighbor," never found time to go yet.

[Ralf Nabong]

Beautiful captures Mark!

Very good details and exposure!

[tina mallari]

WOW Mark, these are all wonderful captures.

Me too, I have to go back to UP to take nicer photos of the colasisi and inggit ako sa barbet couple. I only have one barbet in all my pictures.

[Mark Itol]

Thank you guys.

Bong got the barbet pair in HD. Looking forward to it.

[Neon Rosell II]

Great captures Mark!!

Looks like the barbets has stop making hole and are ready to lay and incubate the eggs. I was there this AM just heard the barbet call and didn't see it come to the hole for the hour I was casing it. Maybe I was a bit late already at 9:30am.

[Mark Itol]

Thank you, Neon.

Yes it looks like they're ready to lay eggs, though last Sunday we observed that they're still making the hole.