I have been searching this green bird for quite sometime. The caretaker of Jelai Resort told me that 'Murai Hijau' can be found in front of his resort, but you must be very early - before 7.00am!. I arrived there at 7.20am, setup my gear in the very misty fogy weather. Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo flew onto the wire cable. I sat my camera at +2 EV compensation and took a few shots. All turn out white, flash accentuated the fog.
Suddenly the large green bird with chirpy song came foraging just in front of me, about 15 feet away. Wow!.. this is the bird I have been searching for so long. I all the excitement, I fired a burst of shots. Forgetting the camera +2 setting, it turn out all over exposed. As luck was on my side, that Jade Bird came back, this time I was ready with correct set-up and gun blazing!
Full framed shots, no crop at all in the first picture. (Rarely that I got wild bird captured in full framed, except for yellow-vented bulbul.)



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14 comments:
This green bird is indeed a winner. So cute!
Tabib - the common green magpie photo is fabulous! Can you please email me at wilmalingle@yahoo.com so I can show you what I did with you image using Picasa?
cheers,
Wilma
Love that first shot Tabib. The colours of this bird are fantastic. I am so happy you were able to find it so up close and personal. Beautiful......
Green magpie. wowwwww.................
awesome birds! How lucky you are/were!
Another wonderful and amazing capures.
salam, tuan,
wau...
very interesting blog!
love nature
Hi Tabib,
Wow these two bird are really beautiful and you got nice shots of them... The first green one is my favorite on this et!!
What fabulous looking birds! I love those shots and the colors are amazing.
That's a colorful bird. I enjoy watching all the photos u taken. They look nice and lovely.
Beautiful colours in your bird photos and to be that close is great.
Beautiful birds and (from your next post) it looks to be a fascinating location.
Both the Green Magpie and the Silver-eared Mesia are gorgeous. Nice shooting Tabib. I'm glad you finally got it and it even came back to you for more photos.
A good and fruitful trip. Well done Doc.
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