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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Aug 30, 2011 1:47:47 GMT
beautiful! =D
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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Aug 30, 2011 1:45:06 GMT
nice set, paul!
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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Aug 30, 2011 1:42:18 GMT
hehe! sinipon na siguro dahil sa pag-uulan.
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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Aug 28, 2011 9:16:18 GMT
it's so nice to see you post photos of commonly seen birds. it encourages me to take photos of these birds too to sharpen my skills. i want to see the pitta, too!
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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Aug 28, 2011 9:12:19 GMT
Those are great shots especially when you are not even using a Macro lens. Thank you for sharing this as it will encourage other people to try to do the same thing without using a macro lens. Well done Mark & Mabuhay. many thanks. kuya ely!
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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Aug 28, 2011 9:11:23 GMT
thank you!
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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Jul 26, 2011 9:13:59 GMT
nice set! aren't these frogs the poisonous ones?
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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Jun 23, 2011 9:13:12 GMT
It is always a joy to watch and see hatchlings being fed by the Mother. Nothing can match God's creation. Well done Mark & Mabuhay. indeed, kuya ely! i think it's my first time even to see a mother feed her hatchlings.
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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Jun 23, 2011 9:11:16 GMT
thanks, kuya renoir!
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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Jun 21, 2011 5:32:17 GMT
thank you, kuya tirso!
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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Jun 21, 2011 5:30:52 GMT
Hi Mark, shooting a moving subject at 1/80 sec will surely give a very slim chance of capturing your subject tack sharp even if you try to pan and follow it while shooting. If you were close enough to the bird, try not to use your zoom on the longest end, try to pull out a bit to be able to shoot it at at larger aperture, so you can increase your shutter speed to at least 1/200 or faster (depending on the lighting condition). Of course, even at lower speeds, the bird might just stop for a second and while firing at a high frame rate, you might just get one good clear shot.. a wider framed, sharper shot can still be cropped closer for better composition. A closer, softer shot may not be usable. Shot number 3 came out good! thank you very much for the tip, kuya JV! i appreciate what you've posted here. i will apply it the next time i practice.
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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Jun 21, 2011 5:28:42 GMT
Very nice series of shots and documentation of this intimate feeding moment Mark! thanks, kuya JV!
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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Jun 17, 2011 8:11:26 GMT
Lovely pictures, Mark. I have also seen this bird attacking dogs, cats, crows and almost anything else that threatens its territory. Strangely, we haven't been able to learn a local name for it though. Sometimes we have referred to it as a paypaykog as a rough translation of fantail into Cebuano. thank you for appreciating, kuya brian! we call it maria kapra. i don't know why. at least, paypaykog is quite close. paypay is fan.
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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Jun 17, 2011 7:22:59 GMT
This will probably my last set of the backyard birding and hopefully I could go to another place outside our backyard to do birding. It's just fun to observe and watch the "resident" birds and then an unfamiliar bird would show up. Rush to my bookshelf. Tim Fisher says that it's an immature Asian Glossy Starling and Kuya Bob K. confirmed that it is. Glad to have my 47th lifer! I envy these birds though because they got to taste the duhat in our tree. For this year I only ate one piece of duhat that came from somewhere else. Manual Exposure, 500mm, F/6.3, 1/80sec., ISO-400, -3 Exposure Compensation, Tripod Manual Exposure, 500mm, F/6.3, 1/80sec., ISO-400, -3 Exposure Compensation, Tripod THREE! Manual Exposure, 450mm, F/10, 1/100sec., ISO-400, Tripod FOUR!! Manual Exposure, 300mm, F/10, 1/100sec., ISO-400, Tripod FIVE!!! Manual Exposure, 300mm, F/16, 1/100sec., ISO-400, Tripod
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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Jun 17, 2011 7:01:03 GMT
Dear Kuya Romy, You have been a Sigma user before and I would treasure to learn from you. I'm often struggling taking shots of backlit birds (cloudy background) or birds under direct sunlight. There a lot of occasions when a bird would just show up and I'll just shoot without making adjustment. I'm using a Nikon D5000 camera and going though the menu is really a hassle. Post processing would sometime destroy the details even further. Good thing for the shot below, little adjustment with the lighting showed the details of the bird. Manual Exposure, 500mm, F/6.3, 1/80sec., ISO-400
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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Jun 17, 2011 6:50:12 GMT
The pied fantail is one of the reasons why I got in love with birds. It's such as playful bird. I'm delightfully entertained when it "dances" along the electric cables or tree branches. Such a cheerful bird. But furiously attacks the dogs of our neighbor, particularly the black ones. Manual Exposure, 500mm, F/6.3, 1/80sec., ISO-400, Handheld Manual Exposure, 500mm, F/6.3, 1/80sec., ISO-400, Tripod Manual Exposure, 500mm, F/6.3, 1/80sec., ISO-400, Tripod Manual Exposure, 500mm, F/6.3, 1/30sec., ISO-400, Tripod Manual Exposure, 500mm, F/6.3, 1/80sec., ISO-400, +2 Exposure Compensation, Tripod
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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Jun 17, 2011 6:31:11 GMT
A third set of my backyard birding and practice. Urged by fear that I got a bad copy of the BigmOS. Manual Exposure, 500mm, F/6.3, 1/80sec., ISO-400, Tripod Aperture Priority, 500mm, F/6.3, 1/50sec., ISO-400, Tripod Manual Exposure, 500mm, F/6.3, 1/80sec., ISO-400, Tripod Manual Exposure, 500mm, F/6.3, 1/80sec., ISO-400, Tripod
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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Jun 17, 2011 6:20:36 GMT
i would title this, "BOMBS AWAY!" great shot, kuya tom!
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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Jun 16, 2011 6:58:02 GMT
love the first photo.
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Post by Mark Jason Argallon on Jun 16, 2011 6:38:01 GMT
lovely shots, kuya tom!
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