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Post by Sylvia Ramos on May 4, 2009 10:04:22 GMT
When we heard that Tina and Wency were going back to the Sierra Madre, we JUMPED at the chance to go with them! Yey, thank you Tina and Wency! I am SO GLAD I got to see the Black Naped Monarch and and all those other birds that you saw on that other trip with Neon! The plan was to go only until Nueva Ecija as the roads beyond that (towards Aurora) are very rough. It was a really wonderful and enjoyable birding trip. There are a lot of flowering trees along the side of the road and the views along the mountain are spectacular. I also really enjoyed being able to photograph the small, quick birds since I used a camera and lens instead of digiscoping. I can auto-focus now! Woo hoo!! ;D Black Naped Monarch feeding her chicks!  iso 1000, 5.6, 1/80 Black Naped Monarch  iso 1000, 5.6, 1/80 Buzzing Flowerpecker  iso 640, 6.3, 1/320 Really Cute Buzzing Flowerpecker with an Ant  iso 640, 5.6, 1/320 Two Yellowish White Eyes  iso 250, 5.6, 1/200 Yellowish White Eye with Baby  iso 640, 13, 1/320 A Pair of Elegant Tits  iso 250, 5.6, 1/125 Mangrove Blue Flycatcher  iso 640, 5.6, 1/100 Canon 50D + 400 mm lens Here's a link to our Sierra Madre gallery on smugmug tonjiandsylviasbirdlist.smugmug.com/gallery/8097607_YLZ4W/1/527951658_VYWGF |
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Post by Romy Ocon on May 4, 2009 10:14:55 GMT
Very nice set, Sylvia.... congrats!
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Post by Neon Rosell II on May 4, 2009 10:20:46 GMT
Wow!! These are awesome Sylvia!! I had a tough time shooting these birds!! I just only heared the buzzing fp, any shot of the pygmy fp? These are hard to capture small birds and you nailed it!!  |
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Post by tina mallari on May 4, 2009 10:35:23 GMT
WOWWWWWW really amazing captures Sylvs !!!! What a harvest !!!! The sierra madre (road)massage was all worth it after getting all these captures  |
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Post by mantarey on May 4, 2009 11:09:56 GMT
Wow bountiful harvest Sylvia. I also got the Buzzing FP in that road and it's not an easy catch, these birds are so tiny. The Monarch is so nice also. Very fine work Sylvia. |
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on May 4, 2009 11:23:00 GMT
All I can say is... WOW!!!!
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Post by Sylvia Ramos on May 4, 2009 11:29:38 GMT
Thank you Romy, Neon, Tina, Rey, and Edu! I'm SOOO happy with my pictures! Thanks so much for the wonderful comments!!
Neon -- I didn't see the Pygmy. Only Buzzing, Orange-Bellied, and Olive-Backed. The Buzzing Flowerpeckers would fly in with the Yellowish White Eyes.
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Post by William Lim on May 4, 2009 12:09:36 GMT
This is a great harvest. Congratulations, Sylvia.
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on May 4, 2009 12:23:44 GMT
I just took a better look at the photos and I really need more practice! It took me a while to see the second Elegant Tit! haha! Also, that FlowerPecker with the ant, even if that ant is huge, using it as scale for the size of the bird, I don't think I will be able to spot the FP on my own! The skill involved here is commendable! And lastly, I love the two white-eyes.. while looking at the picture, I was thinking these two were looking at the same thing and wondering which is better, Portrait or Landscape.  |
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Post by Carmela Balcazar on May 4, 2009 13:01:05 GMT
What a haul - Sylvia! I'm still trying to figure out the plant where you shot the PF. It's interesting and looks familiar. It can be a lovely addition to an endemic-themed garden.
I like the BF and the Mangrove Blue of this set.
Envious in Quezon.
Carmela
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Post by Lydia Robledo on May 4, 2009 14:18:30 GMT
Same, same here. All the praises above, same same! Iwagayway ang bandila ng kababaihan. Way to go Syl! :Dtelyds
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Post by alainpascua on May 4, 2009 16:02:21 GMT
Very nice shots Sylvia!
I hope to photoshoot these birds in time when opportunity comes!
Congrats!
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Post by Mark Itol on May 4, 2009 16:11:35 GMT
A bountiful and wonderful harvest. Congrats, Sylvia. I like that cute baby YWE. |
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Post by Bob Kaufman on May 4, 2009 17:48:51 GMT
Wow, nice harvest you got there, Sylvia! I like the Monarch and the Mangrove Blue.
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Post by Ed Matuod on May 4, 2009 23:33:08 GMT
Excellent harvest, Sylvia!. #3 is my bet.
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Post by Ely Teehankee on May 5, 2009 0:52:11 GMT
Well done Sylvia, after what we have experience in Makiling last week, this trip must have been an absolute joy. Congratulations on your bountiful harvest. Mabuhay.
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Post by Sylvia Ramos on May 5, 2009 4:13:25 GMT
Thank you so much for the great feedback! Thanks Carmela, Telyds, William, Edu, Alain, Mark, Bob, Ed and Ely!!
Edu -- I agree! The hardest part of bird photography is spotting the birds! Good thing Tonji is very good at spotting! And of coure, Tina is great!
BTW -- if anyone is looking for the Oriental Skylark, we also saw 2 of those in the rice field part before the mountain. I remember Carmela trying to show those to us in Quezon and Neon trying to photograph those in San Juan Batangas. They are really cute birds!
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Post by Toto Gamboa on May 5, 2009 13:58:31 GMT
wooooooow. awesome shots!
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Post by Martin Alvendia on May 6, 2009 12:14:14 GMT
WOW!!! Love the pose on the Buzzing Flowerpecker!
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Post by Sylvia Ramos on May 9, 2009 10:24:38 GMT
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