aRGB gets Blue Paradise-Flycatcher! :)

[Romy Ocon]

Ok, ok.... this needs some explanation. ;D


I admit I'm currently crazy about processing in aRGB color space. As I was reviewing my old Palawan captures, looking for unprocessed photos to practice aRGB on, I noticed some shots of a "Black-naped Monarch" whose colors are somewhat off. I almost deleted these photos before, as I already have many good captures of the BNM. The bird's blue shade is dull, much less vivid than what I normally see in the BNM.

Thinking that it could just be a white balance issue, I opened one of the shots in DPP. No matter what range of color temperature I set, I just couldn't get the blue of the BNM. Hmmmm....... I stopped and began to have doubts on my new LCD's calibration. Then I noticed one of the captures where the nape of the bird is visible..... OMG, there is no black at the back of the head!!!!

I quickly opened my KG, and voila.... it's actually a male BPF, my 261st lifebird.



Blue Paradise-Flycatcher
(Terpsiphone cyanescens, male)
20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, f/6.3, 1/50 sec, ISO 400, tripod/gimbal head

[Manny Illana]

congratulations romy! that's one of those reasons for the tenet that says one should never delete images.

[mantarey]

Hehe congrats finding this lifer in your HD Mastah Romy. I suppose you'll find some more in the gazillions of images you have as you continue to dig in deeper.

[Neon Rosell II]

Wow!! Glad you didn't delete it Ka Mastah as this is the most detailed Blue Paradise-Flycatcher. This happened to me as well, with the Yellowish White-Eye all the while I thought it was just a mountain white-eye, it sat in my HDD for sometime until I could not bird and reviewed my files.

The blue eye ring would have alerted you that it was something different from the BNM ;D

Congrats on this find that increased your life list ;D

[Sylvia Ramos]

Yey for you! Congratulations! That was a great story and great picture.
Makes me now wonder about all those Black Naped Monarchs I saw in Palawan ..

[Ely Teehankee]

What a beautiful bird. Instead of the eye ring being white as in the Lowland White Eye its color is blue. Great capture and discovery. Well done. Mabuhay.

[Romy Ocon]

Thanks for looking, folks!

Jul 5, 2009 8:12:16 GMT Neon Rosell II said:

Wow!! Glad you didn't delete it Ka Mastah as this is the most detailed Blue Paradise-Flycatcher. This happened to me as well, with the Yellowish White-Eye all the while I thought it was just a mountain white-eye, it sat in my HDD for sometime until I could not bird and reviewed my files.

The blue eye ring would have alerted you that it was something different from the BNM ;D

Congrats on this find that increased your life list ;D

Now, I remember more of the circumstances when this bird was captured. The bird appeared to me like an overgrown BNM, and I was thinking perhaps it was the abundant food in the vicinity of one of Irawan's many streams. It actually stayed around for sometime more, but I stopped shooting after a few record shots because of the unphotogenic environment - too many vines/branches where the bird was. If I only knew the bird's ID then, I would've invested more time to get a clean shot........

[Elvin Sansona]

Glad you didn't delete this pic. This is so beautiful and the chance of encounter of this species is so rare these days. Thanks for sharing!

[Toto Gamboa]

Wooooow congrats mastah! more digging please

[Mark Itol]

Congrats, mastah! Good thing you didn't delete it.

[Farmer Nestor]

Congrats idol Romy! Another master piece

[Luis (Chito) Limchiu]

Very Nice blue on this bird Romy- ?cobalt blue?. The details are super.