Post by Ramon Quisumbing on Jan 17, 2013 0:26:58 GMT
Over the holidays, I followed Ely Teehankee's footsteps and visited the new Capayas Creek Bird Preserve in Coron, Palawan with caretaker/birdguide Erwin Edonga. The Preserve is newly-fenced, and Erwin has planted flowering and fruit-bearing shrubs for the birds. He has also filled in a small fishpond and stocked it with fingerlings - for the kingfishers.
I tested my new Canon 1DX camera without the 1.4x extender, and really liked the better image quality and the faster focusing and processing than the 1D Mark IV.
These birds were captured in the Preserve, beside Erwin's house next door, and in La Natura Resort about 200 meters away (which is beautiful and has great Italian food; I highly recommend it for birders).
Unless otherwise indicated below, these photos were taken with a Canon 1DX camera, Canon 800 mm lens, and tripod.
SPOT-THROATED FLAMEBACK Female (Dinopium javanense everetti) - recently split from COMMON FLAMEBACK.
F/5.6, ISO-3200, 1/640 second.
SPOT-THROATED FLAMEBACK Male
F/5.6, ISO-3200, 1/1250 second.
BLUE PARADISE-FLYCATCHER (Terpsiphone cyanescens) - Female
F/5.6, ISO-3200, 1/50 second.
PLAINTIVE CUCKOO (Cacomantis merulinus) - Immature
F/6.3, ISO-1600, 1/800 second.
WHITE-VENTED SHAMA (Copsychus niger)
Canon 1D Mark IV camera, 300 mm lens, handheld. F/2.8, ISO-1600, 1/400 second.
WHITE-VENTED SHAMA
F/5.6, ISO-1600, 1/30 second.
PALAWAN FLOWERPECKER (Prionochilus plateni culionensis) - Female.
F/5.6, ISO-3200, 1/320 second.
PALAWAN FLOWERPECKER Male
F/5.6, ISO-3200, 1/125 second.
HOODED PITTA (Pitta sordida palawanensis)
F/5.6, ISO-3200, 1/60 second.
LOVELY SUNBIRD (Aethopyga shelleyi shelleyi) - Male
Canon 1D Mark IV camera, 300 mm lens, handheld. F/2.8, ISO-500, 1/400 second.
ASHY-FRONTED BULBUL (Pycnonotus cinereifrons), formerly OLIVE-WINGED BULBUL (Pycnonotus plumosus cinereifrons).
F/5.6, ISO-3200, 1/320 second.
ASHY DRONGO (Dicrurus leucophaeus)
F/5.6, ISO-3200, 1/125 second.
CHESTNUT-BREASTED MALKOHA (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris harringtoni) - Female
F/5.6, ISO-1600, 1/320 second.
BLACK-NAPED MONARCH (Hypothymis azurea azurea) - Male
F/5.6, ISO-5000, 1/40 second.
RUDDY KINGFISHER (Halcyon coromanda linae)
F/7.1, ISO-1600, 1/40 second.
RUFOUS-BACKED KINGFISHER (Ceys rufidorsa) - formerly ORIENTAL DWARF KINGFISHER (Ceyx erithacus rufidorsa)
F/5.6, ISO-1600, 1/60 second.
COMMON KINGFISHER (Alcedo atthis bengalensis)
F/5.6, ISO-800, 1/80 second.
PALAWAN BLUE FLYCATCHER (Cyornis lemprieri) - Male immature
F/5.6, ISO-4000, 1/80 second.
Sorry for posting so many birds!
I tested my new Canon 1DX camera without the 1.4x extender, and really liked the better image quality and the faster focusing and processing than the 1D Mark IV.
These birds were captured in the Preserve, beside Erwin's house next door, and in La Natura Resort about 200 meters away (which is beautiful and has great Italian food; I highly recommend it for birders).
Unless otherwise indicated below, these photos were taken with a Canon 1DX camera, Canon 800 mm lens, and tripod.
SPOT-THROATED FLAMEBACK Female (Dinopium javanense everetti) - recently split from COMMON FLAMEBACK.
F/5.6, ISO-3200, 1/640 second.
SPOT-THROATED FLAMEBACK Male
F/5.6, ISO-3200, 1/1250 second.
BLUE PARADISE-FLYCATCHER (Terpsiphone cyanescens) - Female
F/5.6, ISO-3200, 1/50 second.
PLAINTIVE CUCKOO (Cacomantis merulinus) - Immature
F/6.3, ISO-1600, 1/800 second.
WHITE-VENTED SHAMA (Copsychus niger)
Canon 1D Mark IV camera, 300 mm lens, handheld. F/2.8, ISO-1600, 1/400 second.
WHITE-VENTED SHAMA
F/5.6, ISO-1600, 1/30 second.
PALAWAN FLOWERPECKER (Prionochilus plateni culionensis) - Female.
F/5.6, ISO-3200, 1/320 second.
PALAWAN FLOWERPECKER Male
F/5.6, ISO-3200, 1/125 second.
HOODED PITTA (Pitta sordida palawanensis)
F/5.6, ISO-3200, 1/60 second.
LOVELY SUNBIRD (Aethopyga shelleyi shelleyi) - Male
Canon 1D Mark IV camera, 300 mm lens, handheld. F/2.8, ISO-500, 1/400 second.
ASHY-FRONTED BULBUL (Pycnonotus cinereifrons), formerly OLIVE-WINGED BULBUL (Pycnonotus plumosus cinereifrons).
F/5.6, ISO-3200, 1/320 second.
ASHY DRONGO (Dicrurus leucophaeus)
F/5.6, ISO-3200, 1/125 second.
CHESTNUT-BREASTED MALKOHA (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris harringtoni) - Female
F/5.6, ISO-1600, 1/320 second.
BLACK-NAPED MONARCH (Hypothymis azurea azurea) - Male
F/5.6, ISO-5000, 1/40 second.
RUDDY KINGFISHER (Halcyon coromanda linae)
F/7.1, ISO-1600, 1/40 second.
RUFOUS-BACKED KINGFISHER (Ceys rufidorsa) - formerly ORIENTAL DWARF KINGFISHER (Ceyx erithacus rufidorsa)
F/5.6, ISO-1600, 1/60 second.
COMMON KINGFISHER (Alcedo atthis bengalensis)
F/5.6, ISO-800, 1/80 second.
PALAWAN BLUE FLYCATCHER (Cyornis lemprieri) - Male immature
F/5.6, ISO-4000, 1/80 second.
Sorry for posting so many birds!