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Post by Ding Carpio on Mar 3, 2008 13:52:32 GMT
Sounds like an excellent idea. But I hope it won't be May. Family's planning on a long vacation that time. Wild Bird Photographer ang tawag sa iyo ... Considering that a lot of PBPers could not make it to Kusina Salud, would you be interested in holding another presentation ask everyone make mini-presentations with anecdotes on how they got into birding (siempre maraming true confessions ng hunters hehehe) or the story behind a particular picture. I cam sure I can get ROX in Bonifacio High Street to lend their venue for this activity. Everyone can bring food to share. Sige na, I am sure WBCP birders would want to meet the other fotogs as well. We can schedule this in May so as not to pre-empt yje activity at Kusina Salud. ROX is open from 12 noon to 10 pm on weekdays and 12 noon to 12 midnight on weekends.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Mar 2, 2008 12:32:07 GMT
Sooo intense!
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Post by Ding Carpio on Mar 2, 2008 10:03:09 GMT
Hey, that's a lifer!
Now I don't know if I'll feel good that it's a lifer or that I'll bad that I couldn't get a bigger shot!
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Post by Ding Carpio on Mar 1, 2008 0:02:58 GMT
Hmmm. That's why. I've been waiting for you to post two dozen lifers from your mountain journey and was wondering why haven't seen any. Ahh, well...such is bird photography.
Still, that harrier's looking fierce. Nice shot.
Wish your luck changes in Subic.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 29, 2008 11:54:33 GMT
Hi, Carmela. Sorry for the very delayed response. Somehow neglected this thread. You just sprinkle sulphur on the ground to form a line (pretty much like the clay tennis court lines) on your perimeter and snakes are supposedly wary of crossing it. I don't know if this is old wives' tale/solution or scientifically proven but I tried it and have not seen any snakes lately. I see from your profile that you live in Quezon. Do you also live in a wooded area like me? I'm never afraid of snakes in the forest. In fact, with my work, I encounter them a lot and they never bother me. But when you get a deadly one in your home, it's a life-changing experience. How does the sulphur work? I'm tired of cleaning snakes trapped in mouse clue traps.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 28, 2008 14:17:05 GMT
Perfect composition, Martin. Really now. this is a taxidermied sunbird you posed on top of some plastic plants, right?
Seriously now, I like the symmetry and lines of the whole photo.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 28, 2008 14:15:02 GMT
Wow. Haven't been checking the featured birds thread lately and now I can see I missed quite a bit!
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 27, 2008 13:15:09 GMT
I would love to invite you over but the doves have become infrequent now. They're still in the neighborhood but do not perch on my backyard anymore. It's always like that. They start off building their numbers every morning just outside my fence. Then, after about a month or two, when they've got critical mass, they probably get enough courage to explore the neighborhood. Past few days, I didn't get to see them at all.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 27, 2008 13:11:37 GMT
He-he. A face only a mother can love.
But we all know the story of the ugly duckling.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 24, 2008 13:09:10 GMT
Hi, Keet. I live in Antipolo and, just in my neighborhood, one can bird already. I would like to accompany you but I anticipate my next few weekends are hectic. When will you be around? Also, which part of Antipolo will you be at?
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 24, 2008 11:10:45 GMT
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 23, 2008 7:42:14 GMT
An immature Lesser Coucal ( Centropus bengalensis) allowed me to get very close, with my vehicle as blind Shot this sometime back around our neighborhood and have labelled it since as immature Philippine Coucal but I could be wrong after I saw your fantastically detailed photo. Can anyone confirm which coucal it is?
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 23, 2008 7:35:59 GMT
Yaaah! I've always wanted to talee this classic shot. It's supposed to be a fairly common sight; even recall seeing drawings of it in elementary schoolbooks; but somehow, haven't seen it yet. Another one from yesterday - an aptly named Cattle Egret ( Bubulcus ibis) - 40D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag, EXIF intact.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 22, 2008 21:08:23 GMT
Happy birthday, BobbyK!
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 22, 2008 0:02:53 GMT
Fantastic, Neon! I tried my best to filter out noise by using just a digital synthesizer on my PC but yours really made the sound crystal. One thing that I noted though. The depth of the sound (i.e. perceived distance of sources) was somewhat muddled. I guess this was the consequence of amplifying the sound, making all the waves about the same amplitude. The sound I recorded was actually froom several points. Each source was a quick pop-pop. Each pop-pop was repeated about 1 to 1.5 seconds apart. But because the (suspected) birds respond to each other, I hear them all around, some far, some near, and the calls overlay against each other. I edited your file to simluate a single bird and it would probably sound like the NightBirdSolo.mp3 file I uploaded in: tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/philippine_bird_photography/files/I'll record again when I hear just a single bird and, if you don't mind, I'd appreciate if you can isolate the sound. I will then carry a portable mp3 player and speakers around the village and play it to see if I can get the creature to expose itself. Luckily, the director in charge of transport in my company asked me to test this new motorized searchlight that magnetically mounts on my car. Really cool gadget. I'll use it to photograph the still-unidentified noisemaker if I can draw it out. I wish I had one of those military-grade see-in-the-dark binoculars. Ding, No problem, phone recordings are great!! I think whenever you can, or anybody, to record the bird sound with their phones so we can start collecting bird calls. Check this out!!! tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/philippine_bird_photography/files/Nightbird_1.mp3 After filtering out the BG noise (hiss, clicks, and tricycle) I was left with these sounds. Then I made it louder. I think you can play it in your stereo system and see if the creature that made this sound will answer back. From a 1 Mb file it was reduced to more than half after the BG noise were taken out. Sounds like owl chicks!! asking for food??? just a wild guess Cheers,
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 21, 2008 0:27:35 GMT
He-he. First a cobra. Now an Aswang!
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 21, 2008 0:26:56 GMT
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 21, 2008 0:13:08 GMT
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 20, 2008 22:14:30 GMT
Count me in. I would probably prefer the Good Friday, Black Saturday weekend. Family's planning to go camping at a friend's farm in nearby Limay so I'll sneak out . 1. Romy Ocon 2. jpc 3. Nestor 4. Arnold (the Sigmonster Tamer's birding buddy) 5. manny 6. Neon 7. TJ 8. Rey SA 9. Ding Carpio (balarila) 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 19, 2008 13:46:28 GMT
Hey, Ralf! That's exactly how I went to Candaba for the first time and got hooked to birding: with a 70-200 lens.
Now you're hooked, too!
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