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Post by Romy Ocon on Aug 20, 2012 22:48:52 GMT
With a face only its mother can love, and eyes that came straight from a horror movie, there is no doubt it descended from the dinosaurs. Good that this one is a vegetarian, not a meat-eater (it was feasting yesterday on a ripe guayabano fruit, or soursop, at my mother's backyard in La Union). Otherwise, I'll have many sleepless nights. ;D ;D ;D Asian Glossy Starling ( Aplonis panayensis, sub-adult) Shooting info - Bacnotan, La Union, Philippines, August 20, 2012, Canon 7D + 400 2.8 IS + Canon 2x TC II, 800 mm, f/5.6, ISO 3200, 1/320 sec, 475B/516 support, manual exposure in available light, uncropped full frame.  ___________________ To balance the "uncuteness," here's a couple of better looking dinosaur descendants, also attending yesterday's guayabano feast. I was pleasantly surprised to see my old little friend RKF. I've been hearing its call for over a year now, but it was only yesterday that it showed itself to be photographed. BTW, these were taken using the 7D's new firmware V2.0. It works very well. Even my MFA settings and effectiveness were not touched, and this is shown in the precise placement of focus in these thin-DOF shots.  Red-keeled Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum australe, a Philippine endemic) Shooting info - Bacnotan, La Union, Philippines, August 20, 2012, Canon 7D + 400 2.8 IS + Canon 2x TC II, 800 mm, f/5.6, ISO 3200, 1/320 sec, 475B/516 support, manual exposure in available light, near full frame.  Lowland White-eye ( Zosterops meyeni, a near Philippine endemic) Shooting info - Bacnotan, La Union, Philippines, August 20, 2012, Canon 7D + 400 2.8 IS + Canon 2x TC II, 800 mm, f/5.6, ISO 3200, 1/320 sec, 475B/516 support, manual exposure in available light, near full frame.  Regards to all. |
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Post by Ramon Quisumbing on Aug 20, 2012 23:09:27 GMT
Whoa! Super macro and details! As always.
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Aug 21, 2012 1:01:53 GMT
You sure can make the 400mm f/2.8 sing along with the birds. There seems to be more birds now. Add 3 more species and tell me there could be more and I will visit you. LOL. The last one looks plumb and beautiful. Well done Romy & Mabuhay.
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Post by Romy Ocon on Aug 21, 2012 2:34:16 GMT
Thanks, Ramon and Ely! You sure can make the 400mm f/2.8 sing along with the birds. There seems to be more birds now. Add 3 more species and tell me there could be more and I will visit you. LOL. The last one looks plumb and beautiful. Well done Romy & Mabuhay. Hehehe, since I found out that these birds are crazy about atis and guayabano, we've stopped harvesting the fruits so my mother's backyard can be a shooting studio. Will tell you when the number of species increases, Ely.... I always have a case of ice cold SMB ready to wash down the papaitan and dinakdakan whenever you drop by. |
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Aug 21, 2012 3:25:37 GMT
You sure can make the 400mm f/2.8 sing along with the birds. There seems to be more birds now. Add 3 more species and tell me there could be more and I will visit you. LOL. The last one looks plumb and beautiful. Well done Romy & Mabuhay. Hehehe, since I found out that these birds are crazy about atis and guayabano, we've stopped harvesting the fruits so my mother's backyard can be a shooting studio. Will tell you when the number of species increases, Ely.... I always have a case of ice cold SMB ready to wash down the papaitan and dinakdakan whenever you drop by. [/quote] What is dinakdakan? Sounds interesting. Add dinaguan and its a feast. Let me know when the birds are calling me so I can go there. One bottle of ice cold beer will last me the whole day, you can have the rest of it. I will just share the atis and guyabano with the birds. |
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Post by Juan Manuel C. Del Prado on Aug 21, 2012 5:56:51 GMT
Romy, Ely, "dinuguan" is my favorite. BUT I need to have a bottle of LIPITOR for it. Beautiful photos, Romy.
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Post by Bob Kaufman on Aug 21, 2012 7:52:00 GMT
Wow! Really up close and personal! ;D
The Asian Glossy Starling looks very scary indeed.
Can Cynthia and I join Ely when he visits you? No beer necessary. ;D
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Post by Dennis Alfaro on Aug 21, 2012 9:07:44 GMT
WOW! what can i say... really a Mastahpiece from you |
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Post by Romy Ocon on Aug 21, 2012 14:46:18 GMT
What is dinakdakan? Sounds interesting. Add dinaguan and its a feast. Let me know when the birds are calling me so I can go there. One bottle of ice cold beer will last me the whole day, you can have the rest of it. I will just share the atis and guyabano with the birds. Ely, dinakdakan is kilawin na baboy done Ilocano style. Sinfully mouth-watering, it supplies a year's quota of cholesterol in just one sitting, no need to go through a mountain of tasteless junk food to get your artery-clogging fix. Here's a recipe with photos. ;D www.myfilipinorecipes.com/meat/dinakdakan-recipe.htmlRomy, Ely, "dinuguan" is my favorite. BUT I need to have a bottle of LIPITOR for it. Beautiful photos, Romy. Lol.... thanks, Tito Poch! Wow! Really up close and personal! ;D The Asian Glossy Starling looks very scary indeed. Can Cynthia and I join Ely when he visits you? No beer necessary. ;D Thanks, Bob.... you and Cynthia are most welcome to drop by! WOW! what can i say... really a Mastahpiece from you Thanks, Den! |
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Post by Romy Ocon on Aug 21, 2012 14:52:14 GMT
Here's my favorite capture of the guayabano raiders. This one was deep into obstructing leaves, in very low light. It moved around so fast that I wasn't able to adjust my manual exposure in time, resulting into an underexposed shot. I had to push about 0.7 stop during RAW conversion to correct (and denoise to death the OOF areas as well). Red-keeled Flowerpecker ( Dicaeum australe, a Philippine endemic) Shooting info - Bacnotan, La Union, Philippines, August 20, 2012, Canon 7D + 400 2.8 IS + Canon 2x TC II, 800 mm, f/5.6, ISO 3200, 1/320 sec, spot AI servo AF, 475B/516 support, manual exposure in available light, uncropped full frame, pushed 0.70 stop in RAW conversion  |
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Post by Ely Teehankee on Aug 21, 2012 22:20:47 GMT
Wow that recipe website is convenient to use for any Filipino food. I like it. With that kind of a spread you will be preparing, I am ready to go. Just invite the birds to greet me and I will also include Binmaley in my itinerary. Please recommend a hotel where I can stay overnight.
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Post by Mark Itol on Aug 28, 2012 10:07:00 GMT
Incredible detail and virtually noise-free at HISO 3200, Ka Mastah!  To quote one of the photographers I admire, "Take that, 7D naysayers!" ;D |
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Post by Lydia Robledo on Aug 31, 2012 18:03:24 GMT
Dinakdakan is "KULAO" sa katagalugan- short for kinilaw na ulo (ng baboy). Fry it and it becomes special sisig. telyds |
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Post by steve pryor on Dec 23, 2012 18:38:32 GMT
Romy,
If you want to see some really reptilian appearing birds, google genus Philemon.
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