Birding Darwin with William & Kee

[Neon Rosell II]

Had the luck ;D of getting stuck at Darwin for 6 days before they sent me out to prison. Woooohooo!! ;D

I contacted William, the top bird & landscape (lightning) photographer of the Northern Territory, and he readily agreed that we go birding during the weekend. ;D He was telling me that my timing was just right, if I've came the week before he would have been busy. ;D

So, off we went to his favorite Birding spots. We went to several spots but the only place I could remember the name was Fogg Dam. This place was teeming with water birds!! And of course we birded in my favorite spot as well, Darwin airport..hehehe

I have limited internet access so I'll just post this in one go.. ;D

Here are some of my takes, still need to process a lot... ;D
All shot with a 40D + 300 mm f4 IS + 1.4x Sigma TC, Hand held, Tv mode, Raw capture.

Brown Goshawk - Imm. (Accipiter fasciatus)
f8, 1/800 sec., ISO 640, -0.45 Exposure



Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus)
f5.6, 1/1600 sec, ISO 640, +1 Ev


The rest of the captures I've processed so far are found in this link.
www.flickr.com/photos/neon2rosell/sets/72157618132368488/

Really had a blast with William and Kee!! Thanks a lot Mate!! We should do this again sometime. ;D

Thanks to Sir Steve Pryor for taking time to visit my site and giving the ID’s

[aa los baños]

great sharp captures neon, i like the goshawk

[mantarey]

Beautiful captures Neon. A very different and exotic looking coucal.

[Eric Vergara]

Very nice captures indeed. Down under or sa 'Pinas it is always a pleasure to see your images Neon.

[tina mallari]

All wonderful captures Neon

[Bob Kaufman]

Bountiful harvest, Neon! Great eye contact on the Brown Goshawk.