Holy week birding sortie

[tina mallari]

All these photos were taken during the holy week break. This was part of my holy week sacrifice - staying under the super hot sun while taking photos of birds ;D ;D

Wency and I were lucky coz there were a lot of fruiting trees in Subic that were just in the same area so the birds kept going back and forth from one tree to the other.

Blue-naped Parrot

5Dmk3 + 500mm f/4 ; f/5 ; ISO 640 ; 1/500 ; a very special tripod - Wency supported my lens with his 2 hands coz the bird was feeding on a tree that was at his side of the car. Never thought that the Wency tripod would be so stable. I have to use that more often now so I can really test it

Guaiabero

5Dmk3 + 500mm f/4 ; f/5 ; ISO 250 ; 1/800 ; Manfrotto Gimbal head and tripod

Coppersmith Barbet

5Dmk3 + 500mm f/4 ; f/6.3 ; ISO 125 ; 1/200 ; Manfrotto Gimbal head and tripod

White-breasted Wood-Swallows (a nest building pair. I had so much fun watching this pair taking turns at building that nest)

5Dmk3 + 500mm f/4 ; f/6.3 ; ISO 200 ; 1/800 ; Manfrotto Gimbal head and tripod

Guaiabero (these 2 birds were playing under the canopy for a long time till another guaiabero, a very persistent BULLY, nipped at both birds till they flew away)

5Dmk3 + 500mm f/4 ; f/6.3 ; ISO 200 ; 1/250 ; Manfrotto Gimbal head and tripod

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[Michael R. Anton]

Ganda-ganda naman!!! Happy na si Tita Tina!;-)))

[tina mallari]

HEhEHehEHehheHe Kuya Mike. Finally after all the heartaches... na convert ko din the RAW files !!

Thanks a lot ;-)

[Carmela Balcazar]

Good to see your photos again Tina! I missed them!

[Dennis Alfaro]

these are beautiful photos Tina, clean and sharp.
looks like the Wency tripod is priceless

[Neon Rosell II]

Wow! what a harvest, Plain Idol Tina! awesome captures as always. Looks like the two Guaiaberos are fledglings and the one that bullied them is one of the parents.

[Ely Teehankee]

You must have had a great time photographing these birds. I am happy for you. Well done Tina & Mabuhay.

[tina mallari]

Thank you Mela, Dennis, Neon and Ely :-)

Mela : I miss YOU and birding at VE. I should really visit you soon.

Dennis : You are so right. The Wency tripod is truly priceless and one of a kind. Lucky me !!!! WoooHoooo

Neon : You might just be right about that. I was able yo take a video of the whole incident. Still need to make a movie out of it ;-)

Ely : Yes, I had a really great time taking photos and videos inspite of the very hot weather. That's the nice thing about enjoying bird photography. You forget about all the unpleasant things and notice it only at the end of the day - HAhAHAhAHahAHa.

[Sylvia Ramos]

What is that Guaiabero eating?? Oh my goodness, just love that photo!
Nice, crisp shots! I am looking forward to the next post, Direk Tina!

[Mick Harris]

A great series of shots ... makes me want to be back there.

[Lydia Robledo]

All winner shots! Galeng, galeng! I specially like the Guiabero pair. It would be a nice wall picture in your bedroom. It's like you and Wency. telyds

[Tateo Osawa]

Nice shot always Tina !! I like #2 very much.

[William Lim]

Beautiful captures, Tina. Lovely colors and sharpness.

[tina mallari]

Thank you so much for the kind words Sylvia, Mick, Ate Lyds, Tateo and William. I really appreciate it.

Sylvs, all the camachille trees and a few other trees were fruiting when we were there. The birds kept going back from one tree to the other. Lucky lucky break for us

[Tirso Paris]

Beautiful, pretty, superb, all superlatives Tina. I love them all.

[Bob Kaufman]

Super gorgeous shots! I particularly love the Blue-naped Parrot!

I too, sometimes, use my "Cynthia-tripod". And vice-versa, too. ;D

[Mark Itol]

Great way to spend the Holy Week, plain idol! Nice harvest!

[tina mallari]

Thank you so much Prof. Tirso, Bob and Mark :-) Super happy !!!

[Ramon Quisumbing]

A great set, Tina. I especially like the Blue-Naped Parrot.

[tina mallari]

Thanks a lot Ramon. It's a good thing I saw it fly across our car when we were about to go to another location :-)