Bird Photography Blunder - Mount Kinabalu Outing

Lesson No. 1 : Always check your camera setting

Lesson No. 2 : Always transfer your images after every outing

Lesson No. 3 : Always format your CF card for the next outing

Lesson No. 4 : All of the above

I learned the above lessons the hard way on our 2nd day at the mountain. It was around 6.00 am at Wildlife Mountain Lodge...

Hubby : Hurry, hurry...laughing thrush, laughing thrush...

Self : Ok, ok...(scrurrying along)...

Then...

Self : Aii, what happened...macam overexposed (checking the image through the LCD)

Hubby : Check your setting...

Self : Ok ba (belum check lagi)...kemarin ok (defensive)

After a while...

Self : Cilaka, betul oh...manual setting...mau tangkap gunung last night kan...

Hubby : Hah, sudah bilang kan...

Self : Adui, lupa format lagi...

Hubby : Ndak bule marah you pasal ini...this is how you learn...next time you will remember...

Such a costly lesson...

Chestnut-Capped Laughing Thrush (Garrulax Mitratus)

...felt like crying with this result...

...disastrous clear shot...

I was not laughing that day...

But I am ready now...