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Post by alainpascua on Jun 22, 2009 8:58:35 GMT
Haring Ibon Philippine Eagle - Lord of the Forest  Canon 50D 100-400mm+2X at 450mm 1/60 f/8.0 iso400  Canon 50D 100-400mm+2X at 560mm 1/60 f/8.0 iso400  Canon 50D 100-400mm at 400mm 1/90 f/5.6 iso400 Taken in Philippine Eagle Center, Malagos, Davao City on June 19, 2009. |
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Post by Godfrey "Godo" Jakosalem on Jun 22, 2009 9:36:02 GMT
WoW! Great details! Sharing some photo's of Great Philippine Eagle in Zamboanga Female  Canon 30D 100-400mm at 400mm 1/60 f/7.1 iso800 Cheers, Godo Great Philippine Eagle in Zamboanga male  Canon 30D 100-400mm at 400mm 1/250 f/7.1 iso800 |
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Post by Ding Carpio on Jun 22, 2009 11:47:00 GMT
He-he. The photos look like a before-and-after shot for an ad of hairgel. Nice shots though! How'd you get around the cyclone-wire fence? |
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Post by Toto Gamboa on Jun 22, 2009 14:10:35 GMT
Haring Ibon nga! Truly a sight to behold even in captivity.
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Post by Manny Illana on Jun 22, 2009 15:10:49 GMT
picture perfect portraits!
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Post by alainpascua on Jun 23, 2009 8:47:57 GMT
Hi Godo! Hope to have similar pictures of the Great Philippine Eagle in the wild like you did in the near future. I like the way you put the word GREAT, perhaps we should always attach that term whenever we label our national bird - the Great Philippine Eagle, Dakilang Haring Ibon!
Hi Ding! I did not have any problem with the cyclone wires, the eagle is out of the cage! I was fortunate enough to have have an audience with the Lord of the Forest in the garden of the Philippine Eagle Center without the cyclone wires. I guessed it was the Philippine Eagle Week celebration last week so one of the eagles was stationed in the garden for every visitor to behold.
Hi Toto! As our national bird, the Great Philippine Eagle, I think and I propose, should always be featured in pictures and in any imageries as one great king eagle with all elegance, spendor and glory bestowed and inherent to a Lord of the Forest! Remember the pictures taken by National Geographic of our eagle last year? I was a bit angry when I saw their for 2 reasons - one was why it took a foreigner to have those pictures and not one from the PBPF... then I was told that NatGeo financed and built that hide and as a condition never allowed anybody else to use it but their photographer... Second, one or two of the pictures, or most, that were taken and featured did not really show the gloriousness, elegance, splendor and greatness of the Philippine Eagle even if they were the ones who christened it as Lord of the Forest. I suspect they could not accept that their own Bald Eagle could be shadowed by the Great Philippine Eagle.
Hi Manny! Thanks for the comments!
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Post by Mark Itol on Jun 23, 2009 14:20:27 GMT
Wow! These are nice shots, Alain! It's nice that you were able to shoot our magnificent bird outside its cage. Truly a sight to behold. How about the resident birds in PEC, were you able to take photos?
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Jun 23, 2009 23:54:02 GMT
Closest I have ever seen of a Philippine Eagle. Very stern and ferocious looking. I wish we could see this at the back of some of our peso bills. Well done Alain. Mabuhay.
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Post by Dennis Alfaro on Jun 23, 2009 23:56:07 GMT
great set of the phil eagle Alain  can see the details. i like picture no. 1 most. |
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Post by tina mallari on Jun 24, 2009 1:51:03 GMT
WOW Excellent shots Alain !!!!
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Post by Tonji Ramos on Jun 24, 2009 5:33:17 GMT
Hi Alain,
I guess these are the shots you told me about over the phone.
Great detail on a really majestic bird.
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Post by Romy Ocon on Jun 24, 2009 6:45:31 GMT
Excellent portraits of this majestic raptor, Alain!
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Post by alainpascua on Jun 25, 2009 11:06:49 GMT
Hi Mark! I haven't processed yet the pictures of other resindent birds in PEC. Hopefully I can process them nex week. Have some trouble kasi with the new 100-400mm lens bought by my nephew that I used there. I'm not satisfied with the sharpness and crispiness of my shots.
Yes Ely, I share with your desire to see our Philippine Eagle at our money bills!
Yes Tonji, these are some of the shots I told you over the phone. I'm still testing the news lens and the new body, but I might be bringing them first to Canon for recalibration if needed be.
Thank you Dennis, Tina and Ka Mastah!
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Post by alainpascua on Jun 25, 2009 11:16:16 GMT
Here are some more shots of the Great Philippine Eagle:  Canon 50D 100-400mm+2X TC @450mm 1/45 f8.0 iso1600  Canon 50D 100-400mm @400mm 1/350 f6.7 iso1600  Canon 50D 100-400mm+2X TC @560mm 1/90 f8.0 iso800  Canon 50D 100-400mm @250mm 1/180 f4.5 iso1600 |
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Post by Toto Gamboa on Jun 25, 2009 13:30:08 GMT
Hi Toto! As our national bird, the Great Philippine Eagle, I think and I propose, should always be featured in pictures and in any imageries as one great king eagle with all elegance, spendor and glory bestowed and inherent to a Lord of the Forest! Remember the pictures taken by National Geographic of our eagle last year? I was a bit angry when I saw their for 2 reasons - one was why it took a foreigner to have those pictures and not one from the PBPF... then I was told that NatGeo financed and built that hide and as a condition never allowed anybody else to use it but their photographer... Second, one or two of the pictures, or most, that were taken and featured did not really show the gloriousness, elegance, splendor and greatness of the Philippine Eagle even if they were the ones who christened it as Lord of the Forest. I suspect they could not accept that their own Bald Eagle could be shadowed by the Great Philippine Eagle. Wow ... this should become our code to photograph our Great Philippine Eagle. I'll follow your suggestion just in case I see one be it in captivity or in the wild. |
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Jun 25, 2009 14:03:15 GMT
Wow!! You got this out in the open Alain!! Poster size prints will be hanging on my wall if I got these types of shots. ;D
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can see the details. i like picture no. 1 most.
