Osprey's Tongue

[Ding Carpio]

It's very interesting watching Ospreys call out to each other. We saw an Osprey repeatedly call out to its (probable) mate with its high pitched yelps. It actually uses its tongue to somewhat modulate its voice so it was particulary interesting to see an Osprey's tongue clearly:









It would keep doing this until its partner comes and they'd skim the lake together.

[Tonji Ramos]

Wow. wow. I wanna go already.

Super shots here Ding! Great detail and exposure.

I hope they dive and get a fish while we are there , hehe Nat Geo style.

[Renoir Abrea]

very nice image! from where was this captured? renoir

[Ding Carpio]

Dec 31, 2009 4:38:22 GMT Renoir Abrea said:

very nice image! from where was this captured? renoir

Sorry, forgot to indicate. This is part of the La Mesa beauties we shot yesterday (Dec30) with Rey Sta. Ana and Edu Lorenzo.

[Ding Carpio]

Dec 31, 2009 4:15:15 GMT Tonji Ramos said:

Wow. wow. I wanna go already.

Super shots here Ding! Great detail and exposure.

I hope they dive and get a fish while we are there , hehe Nat Geo style.

You can bring a dead fish stuffed with a pingpong ball so that it floats so we can bait the raptors!

On the exposure, made sure I didn't burn the white torso of the bird which is the toughest part. Then used some curves to show graduations in gray. Really a fun and challenging task.

[William Lim]

Fantastic captures, Ding. Great!

[Ely Teehankee]

I missed this thread. What a sight to see a screaming eagle. Well done Ding. See you later. Mabuhay.

[Bobby Kintanar]

Excellent captures all Ding! Way to go! :-)