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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 23, 2010 6:15:29 GMT
It's quite hard to ID birds with similar colors if the angle of the photo doesn't show the characteristics where they are differ. Base on the range alone it's a Philippine Tailorbird. The Grey back only ranges in Luzon.
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 23, 2010 4:53:28 GMT
congrats Neon. Its either the Asian or the Ashy breasted fc i think. Yup, the colors of the Ashy and AB are similar but the light lower mandible for the AB is just the base which you can find in this bird. Thanks again guys! As I said it pays to " shoot first and ask questions later" ;D
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 23, 2010 3:08:21 GMT
Yup, agree with Tonji,
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 23, 2010 2:54:25 GMT
Shot this more for the song as it was at a long range. It was a lucky clip, imagine another 5 photographers were around and not a single shot was fired. ;D Island Verditer Flycatcher - Male (Eumyias panayensis)
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 23, 2010 2:21:25 GMT
Excellent shots of beautiful Cebuano birds!! Happy birthday, Bai!
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 23, 2010 2:13:10 GMT
Wow!! Excellent capture as always, JP!! Wish I had the time. OK, the couple of days is already over. I'm free, where do we go? Hehehehe
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 23, 2010 1:17:40 GMT
Wow!! The money shot!! When it was my turn to photograph, the construction workers started filling-up the cement mixer which went right into the pool where the redstarts were hanging around, have to carry my rig over crumbly soil and rock to the other side.
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 22, 2010 17:39:32 GMT
Very nice details. Good thing you can use flash for low light areas there. Here in Cost Rica, flashes are prohibited to use most especially inside the national parks. Thanks Pao and Ariel! The use of the flash is really controversial among wildlife photographers, some almost always use it. Most of the ones who opposes the use of the flash reason that the light affects the behavior or will temporarily blind the animal and it would be vulnerable to predation. There could be some basis for this but from my experience, so far, the birds are not affected whatsoever, maybe on the first few flash it get startled, but after a few flashes it get use to it. I normally won't use a flash, it is just an option for capturing/documenting the impossible moment when my equipment won't be able to handle the lighting condition, the behavior of the bird and it's a once in a lifetime encounter. If flash will be banned later on, I won't have problems with it.
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 22, 2010 17:08:32 GMT
Wow!! Nice save on this one, JP! Still an excellent shot.
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 22, 2010 17:03:56 GMT
Wow! Excellent captures of a beautiful bird, Ariel!!
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 22, 2010 15:13:17 GMT
Just got back from a 3 day sortie with Aphine, Tina & Wency, Ixi, Tonji, Slyvia & Franco oh and Alan too. We were greeted by this flycatcher on the first day. What I thought at first was a female Snowy-browed flycatcher turned out to be the much rarer Asian Brown Flycatcher ( Muscicapa dauurica) ;D upon closer inspection. I could be wrong but all features says it is. I think it's the second set of photos apart from Propjerry's. Aphine, Tina and Ixi got the same bird. 5DM2 + 600 L f4 IS + 2x Kenko TC (1200mm), f8, 1/30 sec., ISO 640, manual exposure in available light, Tripod-Gimbal support. Was trying and testing the 580 EX II flash with the Flash "X-tender" with this shot. f20, 1/200 sec, ISO 640, Silvery eye due to the flash was stamped out during PP.
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 22, 2010 13:31:44 GMT
WOW!! Excellent work on the exposure Edu!! White and black birds are really tough to get the exposure right, you either blow one or the other. Congrats, a truly deserving shot!!
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 22, 2010 13:25:33 GMT
Woohoo! Giant BCNH!! Amazing sharpness and details Ely!! Excellent exposure as well.
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 18, 2010 3:18:47 GMT
Thanks for the C&C guys! Learned some lessons from it. Now I got a bit of an upgrade with the installation of a Flash "X-Tender" (same as the better beamer but manufactured by Visual Echoes Inc.). Here's an ETS shot with the Flash "X-Tender". Still learning and trying to get the right settings. 5D2 + 300L f4 IS + 1.4x Sigma TC, + 580 EX II + X-tender, f5.6, 1/200 sec, ISO 200, Handheld.
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 18, 2010 3:04:10 GMT
Wow! That's a bargain mobile workhorse, Ka Mastah!! That has more juice than the PC upgrade I bought several months back.
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 18, 2010 2:50:21 GMT
From the first photo, my first guess was a night heron as well. That's why it's good to get lots of photos if you're not sure of the bird's ID. Now I can see that it's a Striated Heron ( Butorides striatus) Nice captures, Renoir!
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 15, 2010 6:09:50 GMT
Beautiful, Ed!! Great timing and exposure! Neat Image output looks good, I might try using it again. Never done NR for a while already on my photos. What level of NR did you use on this?
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 15, 2010 5:46:18 GMT
Wow!! Congrats JP! your persistence paid off!! Awesome capture!
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 14, 2010 11:26:26 GMT
Wonderful! Beautiful detail and excellent soft light on this one, Ariel!
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 14, 2010 5:06:51 GMT
Looks like you also got a winner 7D copy, Tonji! Can't wait for the wader BIFs from Olango. ;D
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