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Post by mantarey on May 11, 2009 2:06:54 GMT
Got rained out in Makiling last weekend. Good thing got a capture of a pretty endemic as consolation. ELegant Tit (Parus elegans), UPLB, May 9, 2009 5DM2, 500mm with 1.4XTC, f6.3, 1/60, ISO 800, Manual Exposure, Manfrotto Gimbal Support
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Post by Eric Patdu on May 11, 2009 2:16:37 GMT
Wow! Lots of details! You sure have frozen this perpetual moving bird.
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Post by Ely Teehankee on May 11, 2009 2:19:37 GMT
Nice capture Rey. The name sounds "funny". Heh heh heh
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Post by mantarey on May 11, 2009 2:51:30 GMT
Thanks a lot Eric and Ely. You're right Eric, just fortunate the bird paused for awhile for me to get a good shot before I got totally dizzy. Most of the time it just won't stop moving that's why I have more blurries than keepers.
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Post by Agerico M. De Villa on May 11, 2009 3:39:56 GMT
This is not a consolation but the best Elegant Tit photograph we have so far. Congratulations!
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Post by mantarey on May 11, 2009 4:57:26 GMT
Thanks a lot Prof, your nice comment turns out to be a better consolation for me.
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Post by William Lim on May 11, 2009 10:43:33 GMT
Beautiful shot, Rey. These birds don't keep still.
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Post by mantarey on May 11, 2009 12:20:28 GMT
Thanks a lot William. I remember you got a beautiful capture of this bird too.
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Post by Romy Ocon on May 11, 2009 12:23:42 GMT
Excellent detail and environment, Rey!
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Post by Mark Itol on May 11, 2009 14:16:51 GMT
Elegant capture, Rey!
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on May 11, 2009 14:26:19 GMT
photo elegans..
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Post by Bob Kaufman on May 11, 2009 16:23:27 GMT
Excellent detailed shot, Rey. Bravo!
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Post by Lydia Robledo on May 12, 2009 0:36:03 GMT
OH REY, you know I will like this shot. Picture perfect! GREAT SHOT! a CELEBIRDY shot!
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Post by Lydia Robledo on May 12, 2009 0:42:00 GMT
Here's what I found to shed light as to the name of the bird that makes ELY Tit, whoops , Ely Tee chuckle. A Great Tit... Why tit? Well, here's a post that seems to have shed some light on the subject: The ornithological meaning of the word tit allegedly has Scandinavian origin but according to wikipedia is derived from 14th century English denominating something small. (We have two regular Parus species in Sweden called -tita. The other members of the Parus-genus save for one is called -mes, which means wimp.) And then there are the boobies. Plural here because in reality, they are known as booby in singular form. Which probably sheds a little light on the reasoning behind their name - that is: Their name is possibly based on the Spanish slang term bobo, meaning "dunce", as these tame birds had a habit of landing on-board sailing ships, where they were easily captured and eaten. Owing to this, Boobies are often mentioned as having been caught and eaten by shipwrecked sailors, notably Captain Bligh of the Bounty and his loyalists, during their famous voyage after being set adrift by Fletcher Christian and his mutineers. (From wiki)
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Post by mantarey on May 12, 2009 0:57:36 GMT
Thanks a lot Mastah Romy, Mark, Edu, Bob and Teyds. By the way, very nice info Telyd.
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Post by Ed Matuod on May 12, 2009 5:09:37 GMT
Details at its best, Rey!
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Post by mantarey on May 12, 2009 6:31:48 GMT
Thanks Ed.
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