Bird Photography at Fraser Hill after 7 years

Last time birding at Fraser Hill was in May 2029, when Long-tail Broadbill went viral.

This time I went for Fraser's Hill International Bird Race, not as participent but just as cassual photographer looking for bird photos.

Here are a few species that are worth publishing.

Malayan partridge (Arborophila campbelli) is my target bird

found it at Jalan Mager

Black-browed barbet (Psilopogon oorti)

Fire-tufted barbet (Psilopogon pyrolophus)

Rusty-naped Pitta - juvenile

Chestnut-capped Laughingthrust

Mountain fulvetta

White-tailed Robin - male

White-tailed Robin - female

Rufous-browed Flycatcher

Rufescent Prinia

Silver-eared Mesia

Streaked spiderhunter

 

Durai aka The Birdman, Mahazan Cik Aik, and me

Photographers waiting at Jalan Mager

Testing Canon EOS R5 Mark II

The white lens RF100-500mm pinjam dari Canon YLcamera booth at Fraser Hill

Trying out my new Canon EOS R5 Mark II on backyard birds.

The EF400mm f5.6 lens, now 10 years old, is still my go-to, attached to an EF to R Canon adapter.

Although it is not a native R lens, it works well. Since it has no image stabilizer I used a fast shutter speed (1/2000 sec for all the pics below).

Autofocus is stunningly fast with bird eyes in focus. Now, birds in flight shots are easy to capture.