My share on the Serpent Eagle at UPD

[Armando Somintac]

Hello guys..

This monday morning was the only time the I had a break from my (too) busy schedule. And Sir Bert called me up for a possible
fullframer of a serpent eagle.

This is just too good to be true and too good to pass up. ;D
So I grabbed my gear and blitz to the location in campus.

I joined Prof Jerry, Sir Bert, Sir Alain, Sir Jules and Sir Juno.
We had anxious moments of chasing and huffing trying not to loss sight of it,
as it flew away more than once.

Just as when we almost gave up looking for it. It decided to show itself, perched in a open branch.
And then stayed there until I filled up 8GB worth of shots.
I even had time to delete some to open up space in my CF.

Here are some hurriedly processed shots.

Philippne Serpent Eagle Spilornis holospilus (immature)
30D + 400 f5.6 + 1.4x TC, tripod, remote.










Thanks for looking.

[tina mallari]

WOWWWWW Mando , these are super amazing shots !!!!! I'd go there tomorrow kaso I'm coding Haaaaay

[Luis (Chito) Limchiu]

excellent shots Mando!! the second looks super

[Ely Teehankee]

You are one of the persons that I know who uses the 400mm like it was an 800mm. The pictures are super. Well done Mando. Mabuhay.

[Bobby Kintanar]

WAWAWAWAWoooooooooW! Those are all simply terrific shots!!!

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

Doc, there is only one thing I can say...

Although you are probably the most seldom poster.. your posts are always worth waiting for.

[ppaaoolloo]

Very nice shot. Makes me wonder if I should do side trip to UPD tomorrow.

[mantarey]

WOW What a nasty series Doc. The second image could easily be the Bird Photo of the Week. The best I've seen of your wonderful works Doc, big congrats.

[JV Noriega]

Excellent excellent shots Doc Mando! Very fine work as always ! Congratulations!

[Toto Gamboa]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. bert called me up early morning about this raptor and i cant go. And now I am seeing something so beautiful when I could have shot it myself too. This is cruelty to fellow birdnuts! Hopefully it is still there tomorrow. Hope to have time to get there.

[William Lim]

Amazing shots, Mando. Bert texted me too but I can not go. I just hope it stays there for awhile.

[Bob Kaufman]

Doc, you just made a lot of birdnuts, including myself, cry! These are over the top shots!

I was there yesterday afternoon (around 1;30 pm) but the Eagle did not return.

[Bert Madrigal]

great set doc, we were lucky yesterday. I went there again this morning for a brief while but the frog eater wasnt there...

[alainpascua]

Now that's something Doc Mando.

That's a superb welcome back pic!

Congrats for the super sharp pics - details, colors, pose, everything!

[Mark Itol]

Beautiful shots, Doc. Very good detail on all.

[gabriel buluran]

waaah... bert didn't text me!!! he, he, he...

great shots as always doc mando! 3rd pic is my favorite. i love the eyes, the feather details and the background. in short i love everything in that pic.

thanks for sharing.