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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 25, 2008 10:14:29 GMT
was fortunate enough to see el nido courtesy of a good friend... and even more fortunate to have captured these winged friends... pacific swallow eastern reef egret green imperial pigeon was able to see lots more but wasnt able to take good photos of others including the "aurora" olive-backed sunbirds, blue-tailed bee-eaters, palawan hornbills, pied imperial pigeon, white-breasted sea eagle, unidentified flycatcher, palawan titmouse... hope to come back there someday and be able to capture all of them in pictures....
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 25, 2008 0:07:08 GMT
WHOW!!!! fantastic shot JP. looks like you're really getting the hang of your contraption. love the pose!
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 20, 2008 23:40:47 GMT
wow! impressive capture. just love raptors!
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 16, 2008 11:28:12 GMT
whoa! impeccable detail and the pose is perfect! just love the pattern of the wings' feathers.
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 4, 2008 0:21:30 GMT
uy! gwapa naman! lovely and elegant pose! excellent BG! ganda!
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 3, 2008 11:06:45 GMT
wow! congrats tina! as they say, the early bird gets the worm and that spoonbill really made up for waking up early!
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 4, 2008 6:27:57 GMT
time to go back to subic armed with your new acquisition marts! congrats on your new toy... 80-400VR!
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 3, 2008 11:04:28 GMT
galing marts! prize find talaga yang "bird menu" mo! hahaha! congrats!
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 2, 2008 23:17:05 GMT
thanks guys! yup ding, i do have a 1.4x TC as well although i'm not too keen to use it as much since IQ deteriorates on my glass. thanks!
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 2, 2008 12:33:48 GMT
when i saw this image, i said... darn... my sensor's still muddled!!! i texted tina about this and when i went through the rest of my pics it hit me what these specks were.... "BIRD POO!!!" hahaha!!!
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 2, 2008 12:06:03 GMT
to cap it all, here is the closest i could get to a blue-tailed bee-eater @ close to 4 meters the customary pose and here's one ala "pilita corales" i still have yet to learn a lot more especially when it comes to processing RAW using Lightroom. your critique is most welcome. the last one of the bunch.... a fond farewell.... which was actually my first shot on my first sortie in candaba....
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 2, 2008 12:01:53 GMT
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 2, 2008 11:58:07 GMT
a lot of BIFs, another "first" for me.... grey heron pintails here's one angle where this duck drastically manouvered so that he won't get "shot" by me.... hehe...
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 2, 2008 11:54:21 GMT
a first to see this raptor, same as what Romy posted in another thread.... (this is heavily proceseed and cropped for ID purposes only) just goes to show that a 400mm is not really ideal for Candaba... but! as this shot likewise says.... common kingfisher
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 2, 2008 11:50:30 GMT
more herons.... purple heron trying to hide...
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 2, 2008 11:48:12 GMT
first time (a lifer) for me to see this common moorhen and interestingly, a pair who acted like they were in a synchronized swimming event.... a lovely bonus is the vibrant landscape colors.... (for id please).... a heron?
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 2, 2008 11:42:29 GMT
a day of firsts for me.... first time for me take all RAW shots and use Adobe Lightroom for PP first time for me to go to Candaba and it was a pleasant surprise that to get there, you had to pass through Baliwag... which is my mom's Bulacan hometown... in fact, that area is where my mom's plot of land is located. first time for me to be able to see a multitude of birds..... this shot was taken at 80mm.... imagine then if i had my wide angle to take this shot!!! here's another though taken at a different setting
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 2, 2008 23:22:04 GMT
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 2, 2008 11:20:04 GMT
a lifer for me during my first Candaba sortie with birdnut JP... these were taken early morning, then later on.... and more interestingly, JP and i was able to witness a fight between two of these hens... ;D check it out here.... www.flickr.com/photos/manny_illana/sets/72157603610288613/and this is the one i like best from the series... better seen in slideshow....
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Post by Manny Illana on Jan 2, 2008 12:11:37 GMT
brilliant vivid colors!!! it's as if it were right in front of me. bravo romy!!!
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