After getting my Digital SLR in March '07 and a
long lens in October 'o7, time to test it in real life nature birds photography.
All this while I have been taking backyard or garden birds photos from the convenience of my house's windows /doors.
So my family and i went to
Fraser's Hill yesterday and we stayed at the Jelai Resort, famous among birders and bird photographers . It was really an eye-opener for me. In spite of the long lens (canon 400mm f5.6 + 1.4x extender), tripod, F1 bracket and better beamers flash accessories, to make bird photography as easy as possible, I found it very difficult and challenging.
I meet Mr. K.S Durai at Fraser Hill Info Center. A very kind man, he lend me a pair of binocular. No deposit needed, I just show him my MNS id card.
I waited at Jelai's car park at 7.ooam, the first wave of bird start at 7.20am. So many Laughing Trush landed and feed on insects at the car park. I fumble in excitement of seeing so many birds, all lifer for me. Focusing was very difficult in low morning light, AF didn't work, so manual was thing of the day. Very-very challenging. The birds look tame, but never lay still.
Imagine trying to catch them when they are jumping all over the branches, feeding from one flower to another.
After breakfast, we went for jungle tracking at Hemmant Trail - easy 1000m trail. The weather was fine and no rain the night before, so leech was no a problem. I got the
Cuckoo shrike pic there.
Here are some of the pictures at that trail.
I snapped hundreds of frames, but mostly crappy out of focus, over/under exposed or no birds in frame!
Here are 5 new species the i managed to catch of acceptable /record catch.
(1)
Streaked Spiderhunter (
Arachnothera magna)
K
elicap Jantung Gunung
Streaked Spiderhunter
Streaked Spiderhunter
(2)
Asian Koel (Eudynamis scolopacea) - male juvenile. This is the species that I miss identified for a long time. After 3 yrs birding I found the answer. Immature Black and Crimson Oriole.
(3)
Long-tailed Sibia (
Heterophasia picaoides)
Rimba Ekor Panjang
Long Tailed Sibia
(4)
Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush (
Garrulax mitratus)
Rimba Mata Putih
Chestnut Capped Laughingthrush
(5)
Silver-eared Mesia (
Leiothrix argentauris)
Rimba Telinga Putih
Silver Eared Mesia
Scarlet Minivet -
Burung Matahari
(Pericrocotus flammeus) ~ MaleSeen, but unable to photograph:
1. Lesser Racquet-tailed Drongo
2.
Fantail, White-ThroatedI WILL BE BACK to shot more birds!
Ha..ha!, what species is this?
Oriental Pied Hornbill- Kelengking
After getting my Digital SLR in March '07 and a
I meet Mr. K.S Durai at Fraser Hill Info Center. A very kind man, he lend me a pair of binocular. No deposit needed, I just show him my MNS id card.
I waited at Jelai's car park at 7.ooam, the first wave of bird start at 7.20am. So many Laughing Trush landed and feed on insects at the car park. I fumble in excitement of seeing so many birds, all lifer for me. Focusing was very difficult in low morning light, AF didn't work, so manual was thing of the day. Very-very challenging. The birds look tame, but never lay still.
After breakfast, we went for jungle tracking at Hemmant Trail - easy 1000m trail. The weather was fine and no rain the night before, so leech was no a problem. I got the Cuckoo shrike pic there.
Asian Glossy Starling - Perling Mata Merah
Gold-whiskered Barbet - Takur Pipi Kuning
