Birds of Alabang 3/23/09

[ppaaoolloo]

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Nice to see you today Tonjie and Sylvia. ;D

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[Romy Ocon]

Wowowwwww..... these are stunning, Paolo. The interplay of sharp and out-of-focus leaves in the first photo, plus the colors and detail, push that capture over the top!

5 galaxies for that photo.

[ppaaoolloo]

Many thanks Romy! I have decided to move to the PBP norm of 1280px.

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[tina mallari]

W W such beautiful captures !!!! Sayang wasn't able to go with sila Sylvia today

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[ppaaoolloo]

csmallari: I heard you were busy today. No worries I am planning to go there again next Monday afternoon. Perfect practice for those out of town shoots.

I was debating whether to post this but just like all the photos I took I have no idea what their names are.


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[alanranch]

Great shots Paolo... now that is what you have to do shoot shoot shoot!! big improvement from the last time we shot birds there. Love the long tailed shrike shot. Now you are putting the Kanyon into good use.... man cant believe there are soo many birds in the golf course hehe. Time to make it a habit to shoot every mondays there. hop on the golf kart again padre hehe.

[mantarey]

Great set Paolo. The long tailed shrike is a top notch image. Very good composition, despite the busy BG the bird still pops out and you were able to expose the eyes nicely which is very hard to do with this bird.

The 2nd to the last is a Pied Triller and the last one is White-collared KF.

[ppaaoolloo]

Thanks alan and Rey! That's it for me for presentable shots for yesterday. Next Monday ulit 3 til sawa.

[Sylvia Ramos]

Hi Paolo! Nice to see you and your dad. The Long Tailed Shrike pic is quite amazing!!
You posted (from top to bottom): Long Tailed Shrike, Black Naped Oriole, Little Egret, Common Kingfisher, White Breasted Woodswallow, Pied Triller, White Collared Kingfisher.

TINA -- we can rent pala a golf cart even if the club is closed.

[Ed Matuod]

Nice set, Paolo! Keep them coming!

[Luis (Chito) Limchiu]

Agree on the Romy's comment on the shrike photo, simply beautiful I like it also that the bird looks very calm. I find the placement of the watermark though a little bit distracting to the full enjoyment of the image, maybe placing it in a part less prominent or making it less obvious would be nicer, just my 2 cents.

[Bob Kaufman]

Nice harvest, Paolo. The first two shots are the best.

[ppaaoolloo]

Thanks for the kind comments.

In light of reports that old media are using photos without prior permission I feel this is the least intrusive way to protect my work. I think money is better spent with new gear than a new lawyer.