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Post by Ely Teehankee on Nov 3, 2009 23:33:56 GMT
To Be or not To Be that is the question. Hamlet once asked that question. Is this a Chinese Egret or not? While the expert ponders on that let me share with you some of the pictures that I have taken in San Simon. Canon 5DM2, EF 800mm F5.6 IS L Lens, Manfrotto 475B Tripod, MF 373 Gimbal Head, Bean Bag on car window. All pictures taken at ISO 1000, 1/1000, f11.    |
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Nov 3, 2009 23:46:14 GMT
Chinese Egret or not, these images are still superb!!!! *Wishful Thinking dictates that it is a CE undergoing some hormonal imbalance/changes. Probably in puberty of some sort. This could be the first time it has been photographed in that stage.  |
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Post by tina mallari on Nov 3, 2009 23:47:31 GMT
Very nice captures Ely !
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Post by Toto Gamboa on Nov 3, 2009 23:54:23 GMT
Great captures sir Ely. My theory is that, a Little Egret and a Pacific White Morph fell in love and got naughty!  |
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Post by Ding Carpio on Nov 4, 2009 0:11:51 GMT
Don't know what it is but like the sharpness. Can even see beads of dew.
Now, here's a bit of a composition/cropping dillema which I agonize about when encountering a photo like this which may be good for discussion for everyone. Note that there are two major non-colinear objects in the photo: the "pilapil" (dike) the bird stands on and the other pilapil at the back. When you compose a photo like this, do you try to align the photo's borders on the front pilapil or the rear pilapil or do you make them both non-horizontal but converging symetrically or...
No right or wrong answers. Just wanted to find your opinion.
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Nov 4, 2009 0:12:03 GMT
Chinese Egret or not, these images are still superb!!!! *Wishful Thinking dictates that it is a CE undergoing some hormonal imbalance/changes. Probably in puberty of some sort. This could be the first time it has been photographed in that stage. Thank you Edu. Whatever it is, I just like to know what kind Egret it is. As someone suggested it could be called Doc Chito's Egret. |
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Nov 4, 2009 0:15:07 GMT
Thank you Tina. Coming from you its a great compliment. Here's wishing I will have more and better pictures to share. Mabuhay. |
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Nov 4, 2009 0:20:06 GMT
Don't know what it is but like the sharpness. Can even see beads of dew. Now, here's a bit of a composition/cropping dillema which I agonize about when encountering a photo like this which may be good for discussion for everyone. Note that there are two major non-colinear objects in the photo: the "pilapil" (dike) the bird stands on and the other pilapil at the back. When you compose a photo like this, do you try to align the photo's borders on the front pilapil or the rear pilapil or do you make them both non-horizontal but converging symetrically or... No right or wrong answers. Just wanted to find your opinion. Thank you Ding. To tell you frankly I did not consider the alignment of the pilapil at all. I just wanted the bird to be the center of attention. I almost did not recognize you yesterday. You certainly look younger. Mabuhay. |
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Nov 4, 2009 0:20:14 GMT
hmmm.. if I may.
The first photo, the dikes were used well to frame the subject. So if it was cropped a bit more on the top, removing the water beyond the dike, it would have not even appeared to be a dike but still served as a very good upper frame.
On the second, the upper dark portion (dike) was used well to serve as contrast to the subjects white head.
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Nov 4, 2009 0:23:22 GMT
Great captures sir Ely. My theory is that, a Little Egret and a Pacific White Morph fell in love and got naughty! Thank you Toto. Now you are being naughty but nice. Mabuhay. |
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Post by Tonji Ramos on Nov 4, 2009 0:31:51 GMT
Hi Ely, if you are not sure why not ask Des? I would take his word for it. If these are lifers then congratulations are in order for the lifer. If not they will still be memorable pictures, and they are well done so congrats just the same. |
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Post by alainpascua on Nov 4, 2009 1:56:19 GMT
Very nice set, Ely! Or rather, a very sexy bird!
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Post by Elvin Sansona on Nov 4, 2009 5:07:35 GMT
Nice shot sir Ely!
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Post by jenny_devilla on Nov 4, 2009 5:35:32 GMT
Wonderful shots Ely! It is always a delight to see the pictures posted by the members.
I believe it is a Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes). For some discussion on this bird's features, you may want to read about Chinese Egrets at the Oriental Bird Club website. Quite informative.
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Post by Bobby Kintanar on Nov 4, 2009 7:57:40 GMT
Nice job exposing those Whites correctly. Excellent captures all! :-)
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Post by Nilo Arribas Jr. on Nov 4, 2009 16:08:14 GMT
Hi Ely,
This should be an odd looking Little egret [Egretta garzetta]. The legs and feet shows more pronounced boundaries between the black and yellow. It appears that all other key identifying features like lower mandible and facial skin are that of E. garzetta to me.
Thanks for sharing.
Btw, I think we should move this thread to the Bird ID/discussion section.
Nilo
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Nov 4, 2009 23:51:44 GMT
Hi Ely, if you are not sure why not ask Des? I would take his word for it. If these are lifers then congratulations are in order for the lifer. If not they will still be memorable pictures, and they are well done so congrats just the same. Thank you Tonji. These pictures were primarily posted to share for what I thought are pretty good pictures. The ID of the bird while a lot would like to know what it is is of second importance. Lets just call it Little Egret and let people wonder how it got yellow-green color legs. Heh heh heh. Mabuhay. |
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Nov 4, 2009 23:54:40 GMT
Very nice set, Ely! Or rather, a very sexy bird! Thank you Alain. Sexy bird??? I like to have your kind of imagination. Heh heh heh. Mabuhay. |
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Nov 4, 2009 23:56:09 GMT
Thank you Elvin. Where you been hibernating? |
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Nov 5, 2009 0:18:48 GMT
Wonderful shots Ely! It is always a delight to see the pictures posted by the members. I believe it is a Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes). For some discussion on this bird's features, you may want to read about Chinese Egrets at the Oriental Bird Club website. Quite informative. Thank you Jenny. Your opinion is very much appreciated. However there are some who think this bird is a Little Egret. I will leave it at that, and look at it as a new discovery of Doc Chito. He has found a bird that no one can positively identify and having everyone agreeing about it. Lets call it Doc's Egret. Heh heh heh. Mabuhay. |
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