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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 27, 2010 5:15:26 GMT
I don't mean to be a spoilsport but I thought we wanted to keep this forum apolitical?
I also feel very strongly about some candidates and would like to seek support in our forum but hesitate to do so because of this rule.
Nevertheless, all the best to you Alain! Wish you success.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 26, 2010 8:21:03 GMT
So should it be called a tripod-without-legs? Or a No-Pod? Gotta have me one of these! www.ken-lab.com/
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 24, 2010 11:56:27 GMT
Well, plan Tina, looks like your natural bird magnetism is at work again.
Love that nuthatch feeding nuthatch. The immature looks mature already. Must be a spoiled brat!
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 24, 2010 11:53:13 GMT
So real it's almost unreal!
Nearest grassland?
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 24, 2010 0:43:09 GMT
He-he. After the beers, crawling comes natural. As for kingfisher delight, was hoping that, while shooting, some raptor would swipe it so I can make a NatGeo shot. I think i'm turning ruthless. Looks like this was taken by a crawling birdnut.... love the low angle of this Kingfisher staple, Ding!
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 23, 2010 23:02:25 GMT
Thanks for the comments, guys.
No, Toto, no new gear. Same old trusty 400mm L with Kenko 1.4x.
I guess I was somewhat lucky. Didn't even try birding hard. Started about 7am, ended 8:30. My kumpare was with me with a pair of binoculars and I could hear the beer cans beckoning from his cooler bag. Felt pity for him carrying such a heavy load so I had to help him lighten it.
As expected, we were feeling veeeery goood, before 10am when we rejoined our wives at a beach.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 23, 2010 22:59:08 GMT
The fourth photo is Great Knot with ring Calidris tenuirostris (is there any angle of this shot? How big is this from the Red-necked Stint?) Thanks for the IDs, Godo. Will search through my shots for a better angle. Purposely showed this one because of the ring. Wonder where it was tagged.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 23, 2010 22:55:51 GMT
Ahhh, so that's what a tambasakan is. I vaguely recall there's a song about this.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 23, 2010 12:49:28 GMT
While at Olango, enjoying a bagfull of beers with my buddy, a fish popped out of the water and started crawling on the sand! Other smaler fish, probably the fry of the first one, followed. There were a total of 8 of them. Anybody know what they are?
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 23, 2010 12:42:55 GMT
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 19, 2010 13:46:33 GMT
Beautiful. Just beautiful, Tonji.
I'm all keyed up. Will be on a flight with my family to Cebu over the weekend. Sunday, my kumpare and I will be sneaking into Olango with camera gear, binos, and beer.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 13, 2010 15:55:58 GMT
The 2nd shot's awesome.
Food sounds really yummy!
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 13, 2010 7:21:56 GMT
White-breasted Woodswallows Chesnut Munias
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 5, 2010 14:25:19 GMT
Please tell Canon that I can do them a favor by getting that defective 7D off their hands at 1/10th the price.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 5, 2010 14:21:40 GMT
May I announce that I am buying the 1dMk4 next week together with the 800mmL and 600mmL. Oh, and also the Gitzo tripod paired with an original Wimberley.
I will be buying lotto tickets tomorrow.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 3, 2010 21:17:18 GMT
I can only pity Rey, who left his gear at home and who could only watch us from a distance while we press shutter buttons in multi-orga*ms.... he must've drooled a river while we were shooting. I'm sure though that he'll be back to feed the mosquitoes in this spot soon. Not only Rey. I'm drooling myself now. Can't wait to get back my tripod from the repair shop! Perfect shot, Master (President)!
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 3, 2010 13:35:39 GMT
That flowerpecker is just amazing, Mark!
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 3, 2010 13:33:48 GMT
Beautiful captures.
I'm also amazed how these birds can survive in the city's most polluted river.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 2, 2010 4:36:58 GMT
Great capture of the flycatcher. The "cheek" is actually the gape which indicates that the bird is still young. Darn! And I thought I already discovered the new specie Flycatcherus Carpious.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 2, 2010 4:19:55 GMT
I am wondering why you prefer to use manual focus when you are not using a TC. Nevertheless the picture came out perfectly focus. You even got the color of the cheeks which we never get to see because the bird is usually far away. Very nice. Well done Ding. Mabuhay. A matter of habit, really. I always found that auto-focus often focused on branches and leaves, seldom on the bird so I just trained myself to be quick-on-the-ring. This one, BTW, I used the TC so no choice but manual. Thanks!
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