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Showing posts with label borneo. Show all posts

Monday, May 12, 2008

Birding Photography...

Bird photography is no easy task.
I knew then.
I know now.
But I am grateful with these results.
These are among the best shot taken, my shot that is.
Temminck's Sunbird (Aethopyga Temminickii) ...a petite beauty...to get a decent shot is truly a struggle...


...need to crop the photo in order to enjoy the beauty of this sunbird...


...the sunbird drying itself...



Hubby will be coming down this weekend.
Chai has made a good offer.
Mesilau or Kinabalu Park.
Hope Chai could spare a space for me.
Crossing my fingers...

Saturday, May 3, 2008

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...

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Getting There...

I spent half the night last night to edit some of the bird photos I have taken recently during the weekend outing with close friends at National Park and the subsequent family outing at Mimpian Jadi Resort.

All this while hubby has been spoon feeding me when it comes to the editing part. I know sooner or later I have to do it myself.

On Sunday night...

Hubby : Ok...press this together, and this and this...
Self : Ok...
Hubby : Waitttt! (as I started to move away)...belum habis lagi...look carefully (hui...garang)
Self : Ok...(concentrating hard)...wait, wait...(getting a piece of paper)...let me jot it down...



It is very important to insert the copyright sign and your name on your photos or else orang2 yang kureng sikit rasa tanggungjawab dorang tu can steal them and claim them as their own. Kita penat2 tangkap gambar, senang2 pula dorang stake a claim on it.


After numerous trials and errors, this is what I have come out with...




Yellow-Vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus Goiavier)



...I spotted this pair on the open field near our chalet at Mimpian Jadi Resort...(somehow rather I can't seems to make the font bigger, puas dicuba-cuba ndak mengasi juga)




On the morning before checking out, hubby and myself legar2 around our chalet when he called out...



Hubby : Inflight, inflight...wood sparrow...
Self : Alamak...alamak...ndak sempat...
Hubby : It will circle back...
Self : Ya ka...
Hubby : Ya...ready ready ja...it will come back...
self : Wah betul oh...
Hubby : (rolling eyes)



True enough, the wood sparrow did circle back, gliding around and around. I made a mental note, do not question hubby in future when it comes to the birds' habits.



I was very pleased with this ...



Wood Sparrow

...it seemed to say...catch me if you can...

Now, the rest of the photos (the one yang ndak kena bin la) is queueing up for their editing...

p.s. Babe, I did it...yeah...