Post by Toto Gamboa on Apr 5, 2010 0:52:56 GMT
It has been a while since I got to shoot birds. And last Easter week, I got my chance, as I spend time too with my kumander-in-chief up there in the Mountain Province. Was my first time to go Mt Data and stayed in the Mt Data Lodge.
Early morning and and late afternoon was really freezing (never thought we had this cold place in the country) so I had to make an excuse to warm it up with the birds
Was rewarded with a handful of lifers. All just in the grounds of the hotel.
Neon (with his family) dropped by the hotel on the way to Sagada and gave me some tips of the area.
Mountain Shrike, Mountain Province
Canon 550D, EF 400mm f5.6L, Manfrotto 755XB/Gimbal
Shot f8, 1/500", ISO1600, 70% pixels wasted
NOTE: This is my first bird shot from a 550D that I scramble for the controls. Too bad when the bird showed up, the camera's settings was from a previous day's foggy lighting.
Mountain Shrike, Mountain Province
Canon 550D, EF 400mm f5.6L, Manfrotto 755XB/Gimbal
Shot f5.6, 1/50", ISO200, 80% pixels wasted
NOTE: After I got the cam to my preferred settings, another fellow showed up.
I guess there are two of them out there in the hotel grounds. Saw them chasing each other from one pine to another. I guess they are regulars in there but they seem to maintain a certain distance from people unlike their low land cousins.
Common Buzzard, Mountain Province
Canon 50D, EF 400mm f5.6L
Shot f5.6, 1/2500", ISO320, 70% pixels wasted, handheld
I have always wondered what is the difference between a mountain and a lowland white-eye. Some would instantly say "altitude". I would guess that my next lifer is that of a mountain variety as Mt Data lodge is at 2400m+ above sea level.
Mountain White-eye, Mountain Province
Canon 50D, EF 400mm f5.6L, Manfrotto 755XB/Gimbal
Shot f5.6, 1/400", ISO200, 60% pixels wasted
This is all folks. My other lifers are in the Bird ID section.
Would want to go back in the area to bird again sometime in the future
Early morning and and late afternoon was really freezing (never thought we had this cold place in the country) so I had to make an excuse to warm it up with the birds
Was rewarded with a handful of lifers. All just in the grounds of the hotel.
Neon (with his family) dropped by the hotel on the way to Sagada and gave me some tips of the area.
Mountain Shrike, Mountain Province
Canon 550D, EF 400mm f5.6L, Manfrotto 755XB/Gimbal
Shot f8, 1/500", ISO1600, 70% pixels wasted
NOTE: This is my first bird shot from a 550D that I scramble for the controls. Too bad when the bird showed up, the camera's settings was from a previous day's foggy lighting.
Mountain Shrike, Mountain Province
Canon 550D, EF 400mm f5.6L, Manfrotto 755XB/Gimbal
Shot f5.6, 1/50", ISO200, 80% pixels wasted
NOTE: After I got the cam to my preferred settings, another fellow showed up.
I guess there are two of them out there in the hotel grounds. Saw them chasing each other from one pine to another. I guess they are regulars in there but they seem to maintain a certain distance from people unlike their low land cousins.
Common Buzzard, Mountain Province
Canon 50D, EF 400mm f5.6L
Shot f5.6, 1/2500", ISO320, 70% pixels wasted, handheld
I have always wondered what is the difference between a mountain and a lowland white-eye. Some would instantly say "altitude". I would guess that my next lifer is that of a mountain variety as Mt Data lodge is at 2400m+ above sea level.
Mountain White-eye, Mountain Province
Canon 50D, EF 400mm f5.6L, Manfrotto 755XB/Gimbal
Shot f5.6, 1/400", ISO200, 60% pixels wasted
This is all folks. My other lifers are in the Bird ID section.
Would want to go back in the area to bird again sometime in the future
