Post by alainpascua on May 3, 2011 2:28:42 GMT
Last month during a trip to Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, with Wild Bird Club of the Philippines (WBCP) Officers for the initial coordination for the 7th Philippine Bird Festival scheduled on September 23-24, 2011 and for a drop by at the Annual Conference of the Wildlife Conservation Society of the Philippines (WCSP) in Silliman University, I sneaked out with bird guide Rene Vendiola and Negros Oriental Provincial Tourism Tourguardian Jac Senagan to photograph the Negros subspecies of the Philippine Scops-Owl which was reported to have some young ones.
In Magsuhot, Bacong, Negros Oriental, we waited till darkness covered the area for the mother owl to come and feed her children, and we were not disappointed to see her, and was excited to the max when we saw her with a lizard in her beak. I managed to have some decent shots even if our flashlight was not so bright.
50D + 400mm + tripod/head... 1/1, f/5.6, iso1600
Earlier, village folk Judy Mondejar showed us the owlets which the mother owl was feeding. Judy owns the land and the tree where the owls nested, and he took care of them, protecting them from anybody's harm. It was Rene who oriented the village folks to take care of the birds and wildlife in their community. Recently, Rene reported that the owlets already flew out of their nest and have gone on their own.
50D + 400mm + tripod/head... 1/20, f/6.3, iso250
Almost two years ago, I went to the same place with Rene, and with the help of village folk Ronald Las Pinas, I was able to photograph the same bird species in broad daylight, albeit with some degree of difficulty. I'm reposting the picture to have a comparison for night and day captures of the same Negros subspecies.
50D + 100-400mm@260mm... 1/45, f/5.6, iso1600, handheld
Six months after that shot, I was able to photograph the same bird species at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City with the discovery of fellow bird photographer Bert Madrigal. I am reposting the picture to have comparison of the Luzon and the Negros subspecies.
50D (Toto Gamboa's) + 400mm + tripod/head + 2lbs dampener... 1/60, f/5.6, iso640
In Magsuhot, Bacong, Negros Oriental, we waited till darkness covered the area for the mother owl to come and feed her children, and we were not disappointed to see her, and was excited to the max when we saw her with a lizard in her beak. I managed to have some decent shots even if our flashlight was not so bright.
50D + 400mm + tripod/head... 1/1, f/5.6, iso1600
Earlier, village folk Judy Mondejar showed us the owlets which the mother owl was feeding. Judy owns the land and the tree where the owls nested, and he took care of them, protecting them from anybody's harm. It was Rene who oriented the village folks to take care of the birds and wildlife in their community. Recently, Rene reported that the owlets already flew out of their nest and have gone on their own.
50D + 400mm + tripod/head... 1/20, f/6.3, iso250
Almost two years ago, I went to the same place with Rene, and with the help of village folk Ronald Las Pinas, I was able to photograph the same bird species in broad daylight, albeit with some degree of difficulty. I'm reposting the picture to have a comparison for night and day captures of the same Negros subspecies.
50D + 100-400mm@260mm... 1/45, f/5.6, iso1600, handheld
Six months after that shot, I was able to photograph the same bird species at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City with the discovery of fellow bird photographer Bert Madrigal. I am reposting the picture to have comparison of the Luzon and the Negros subspecies.
50D (Toto Gamboa's) + 400mm + tripod/head + 2lbs dampener... 1/60, f/5.6, iso640
