endemicguides Birds Report – 2016 Sept Borneo

We had USA guests spend 9 days in Borneo from KNP, RDC, Sukau to Danum Valley … good trip, we managed to records ~250 birds and some highlights

1. Giant Pitta for few rounds

2. Bornean bristlehead

3. all Borneo Hornbills

4. Whitehead broadbills

5. Whitehead Spiderhunter

6. Large Frogmouth

7. Black Headed Pitta

8. Bornean Wren-Babbler

9. Bornean Banded Kingfisher

10. Black-throat Wren-Babbler

etc

we have tired walking and river cruise day and light …. lets start sharing some pictures that I managed to capture . (will be slowly update here due to tired to run through all the pictures )

update 2016 Oct 11

Whitehead’s Broadbill, 綠懷特黑氏寬闊嘴

– another endemic for Borneo

update 2016 Sept 25

– a bird we found in a night walk

large frogmouth, 大蟆口鸱 , Batrachostomus auritus

update 2016 Sept 19

– striped wren-babbler, 纹鹪鹛

a beautiful and singing good wren-babbler

Wren-Babbler | liewwk

Pellorneidae series: Wren-Babbler | 雀眉科: 鹪鹛 | liewwk Nature 9-2 [update 20240324]

update 2016 Sept 17

– it look different in term of color and size

Bornean Crested Jay Bird Tour Malaysia Borneo

update 2016 Sept 16

– when I first found it .. it fly like a raptor !!!! and we found 3 birds keep surrounding us and guests say .. ohhhh may I have other pitta rather than this ? 😀

– it occasion came down to ground this time

– Bornean Wren-Babbler · Ptilocichla leucogrammica

a good find on last day .. moving fast just like other Wren-Babbler

we have more birds cover for either bird watching or photography but not all birds we have pictures from guests or capture by us ..

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September 9, 2016March 23, 2021

endemicguides Birds Report – 2016 Sept

both of me and Ahli were busy for whole Aug – Sept and finally have time sharing some highlights for this month 2016 Sept … with mixture of bird watching and photography guests we got some chance to record or request picture share by our guests

– happy to see few new chicks feeding by adult which mean we have more new generation of these birds 😀

Yellow Bellied Bulbul

– black–throated babbler

– Malayan Banded Pitta , Juvi female

– Marble Wren-Babbler,石纹鹪鹛 not very open picture but happy to see the family growth

– one of the beautiful endemic for Peninsular Malaysia . Mountain Peacock-Pheasant, 山孔雀雉

– very good view of the shy Marble Wren-Babbler,石纹鹪鹛

– this beautiful Rail-babbler,白眉长颈鸫, Eupetes macrocerus still show up constantly

– Garnet Pitta , 榴红八色鸫, Erythropitta granatina – another beautiful and shy bird from Malaysia ..

– Large Scimitar Babbler,大钩嘴鹛 , Pomatorhinus hypoleucos another bird that make us look left right front and back 😀

we have more birds cover for either bird watching or photography but not all birds we have pictures from guests or capture by us ..

**** we will keep this update as today just 9 sept 2016

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July 7, 2016

Why Filter ? simple sample for GND, RGND and ND filters

after long rest for Landscape photography, went for another quick long exposure, sunset and Milky Way shooting at Batu Pahat … and here few simple sample

– all picture use AV mode meter at same position

– just contrast , saturation add to each picture

1.without any filter

– obviously the top-right over expose without any filter use

2. use most standard GND filter than we recommended for here GND .9s

– sky exposure seem better after the GND even with little highlight

3. use RGND 2 stops

– the exposure seem more balance without highlight due to light concentrate on center of the frame

4. with RGND and 10 stops ND filters

– ND 10 stops to make the shutter speed much slower create different slow shutter effect (silky effect for this) . the calm and peace feel make the picture look different from the standard capture

Overall the GND/RGND is to balance the sky exposure with the foreground and ND can create different effect for composition.

some related posts

Reverse GND filter – 84dot5mm

what CPL effect can you get ? …

Lee Filters available … GND .6/.9/1.2, CPL ….

July 4, 2016

Batu Pahat , Johor, Malaysia | liewwk

am finally available to go out shoot a bit and go back to my favor spot for Milky Way for west coast Peninsular Malaysia .

– one of my plan picture with Kelong light ON to attract fish/prawns to go into the net

– another special light (stars .. milky way) attract photographers in this case

previously I also shared some Johor spots for sunset, slow shutter and Milky way ..

Pantai Punggur, Batu Pahat, Johor

Pantai Perpat, Johor | liewwk

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July 1, 2016

CANON EOS 1dx Mark1 vs 1dx Mark2

Did 2 round of simple test outdoor but the lighting condition seem not a good equal compare .. so finally managed to have both indoor to test both 1dx Mark1 and 1dx Mark2

very simple test

1. AV mode, F8 , meter at same area

2. ISO100 with exp 0, -1,-2,-3,-4,+1,+2

3. ISO200, 400,800,1600,3200,4000,6400,12800,25600

4. all with select portion to 100% crop

5. all picture open with Adobe Camera Raw (CC) and NO Noise reduction, sharpen

6. liveview with timer 2s shooting, on tripod

Physically , not much change but it do have the Liveview Video-Still switch which one of the MAJOR missing of mark1 !!!!!!!!!!!

Below are the pictures sample

ISO100 1dxm1

ISO100 1dxm2

click link below for all ISO100 full size

1dx1 ISO100 exp -1

1dx2 ISO100 exp -1

100% crop for ISO100 exp -1 for 1dxm1

100% crop for ISO100 exp -1 for 1dxm2

100% crop for ISO100 exp -4 for 1dxm1

100% crop for ISO100 exp -4 for 1dxm2

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both ISO100 Exp0 100%

1dxm1

1dxm2

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here is the links for

100% crop for 1dxm1 ISO1600

100% crop for 1dxm2 ISO1600

1dxm1 ISO3200

1dxm2 ISO3200

100% crop for 1dxm1 ISO3200

100% crop for 1dxm2 ISO3200

1dxm1 ISO6400

1dxm2 ISO6400

100% crop for 1dxm1 ISO6400

100% crop for 1dxm2 ISO6400

1dxm1 ISO12800

1dxm2 ISO12800

100% crop for 1dxm1 ISO12800

100% crop for 1dxm2 ISO12800

1dxm1 ISO25600

1dxm2 ISO25600

*** not really accept noise level >6400 so just share the full size picture of 25600 … no 100% crop pictures

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for the simple test , my personal feel on the 1dxm1 vs 1dxm2

1. mirror shake seem less on mark2 especially the slow fps which is 6fps . mark2 seem seem almost no mirror shake at all

2. AF for liveview seem much faster for mark2 , non liveview seem faster too but not significant as the liveview AF

3. ISO from 100-3200 seem almost same at exposure 0 , mark2 may be slightly better than mark1

4. all pictures shoot within same environment , same ISO, same shutter speed, same aperture … but mark2 seem slight brighter especially on shadow area .

5. ISO4000-25600 …. hmmmm mark1 seem better at shadow area ?

6. for shadow area recovery for -1 stop seem not far different . but for 2,3,4 stops under… mark2 have better software capability to recover better …. much better ….

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ii. CANON EOS 5DSR vs 5Dm3

iii. CANON EOS 5Dsr Shadow recovery

iv. CANON EOS 5Dsr vs SONY A7r2

June 2, 2016June 2, 2016

Another Super ND filter … 15 stops ND – Super Stopper from LEE Filters …

sometime , we complaint we need darker … when ??? why ???

in the noon, under bright sun exposure what if we need more stop down ? and we can have option combine more ND filters e.g. 10 stops and 6 stops filter or now we have option to have single filter in 15 stops down …

e.g. under hot sun out setting for no ND is ISO100 , F2.8 (to have bokeh for some effect) , SS 1/1000

with Big Stopper or ND 3.0/10 stops ND … we can have 1s exposure .. but than the 1s may be not good enough … and what a 15 stops ND (Super Stopper) can do for us

it will give you 30s even the original shutter speed is 1/1000 … !!!!!

few eg. with Big Stopper , combine of Big Stopper and Little Stopper .. so now with single filter we can get longer exposure 😀

You can order by COntact me or Click LINK HERE

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May 19, 2016

The Blue Fire Volcano , Kawah Ijen , Java, Indonesia | liewwk

After 2016 May Bali Photohunters Outing, I decided make quick trip for East Java for Birding and Ijen.

Here, let me share some experience for the Ijen “Blue Fire”

the hike is ~3km to the top of the mountain , and you will be welcome with view of

look close Ijen crater …

We went down by dusk time and here are some highlight I want to share

1. Blue Fire with Dusk

2. when we get close .. the Blue Fire “waterfall”

3. my guide in action

4. The worker is even nearer to collect the sulfur

5. myself , with help from my portal … and sometime sparking do happen and create magenta, red tone

6. last one the dream Milky Way + Blue Fire .. *** this angle wont happen and I post processing in different angle Milky Way into the frame ..

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April 27, 2016March 23, 2021

“600mm F4” birding setup and ONLY “2.15KG” !!! Olympus M.Zuiko ED 300mm F4 … | liewwk

Birding with Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm f4.0 PRO Lens | liewwk

I am lucky to have this len with me for 2 days testing … I brought this len to various locations for real world testing … from bright, dark, lowland, montane etc ..

with the small sensor size, this 300mm F4 make to 600mm F4 (35mm sensor equivalent) and it weight only 2.15kg together with EM1 body, battery grip, batteries ….. so if weight is main concern than this len could be yours choice.

*** all the birds pictures, RAW-JPEG just increase contrast, saturation and resize no noise reduction etc

*** will be slowly update more pictures upon request

We start the test at low light and some action bird .. rufous-backed kingfisher feeding on fish .. immediate after got the fish, this bird non stop flipping the fish and it may stop for a moment every once and than .. so have to got the moment right to have this capture [click image for bigger resolution image]

ƒ/4.0
300.0 mm
1/30
800

follow by the lovely and beautiful Garnet Pitta, where at not very dark environment …

ƒ/4.0
300.0 mm
1/25
400
handheld

ƒ/4.5
300.0 mm
1/25
640
handheld

ƒ/4.0
300.0 mm
1/125
800
handheld

beautiful Green Magpie

ƒ/4.0
300.0 mm
1/80
800

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April 27, 2016

HAIDA 150mm Filter Solution for CARL ZEISS 15mm F2.8

finally we have the adapter for Haida 150mm holder system

so with the previous available solution , lets update the list 😀

now we have tested both Lee Filter SW150 series and HAIDA 150mm filter series … below are filters we tested so far

1. Lee Filter SW150 holder for Nikon 14-24 F2.8

2. HAIDA 150mm holder for Nikon 14-24 F2.8

3. HAIDA 150mm holder for CANON 14mm F2.8 mark2

4. Lee Filter 150x170mm GND series

5. Lee Filter CPL 150mmx150mm

6. Lee Filter Big Stopper

7. HAIDA 150mm CPL

8. HAIDA 150mm ND 3.0/1000 or big stopper

9. HAIDA 150mm ND 1.8/640 or littler stopper

10. HAIDA 150mm ND 3.6 (12 stops ND)

above options and below items are available for order or sale

11. HAIDA Holder solution for SAMYANG 14mm F2.8

12. HAIDA Holder solution for TAMRON 15-30mm F2.8

13. HAIDA Holder solution for CANON TSE-17mm F4

14. HAIDA Holder solution for SIGMA 12-24mm mark2

update 2016 april 27

16. HAIDA Holder solution for Carl Zeiss 15mm F2.8

17. Lee Filter SW150 CANON 11-24mm F4 adapter

18. 84.5 RGND for 150mm system

please contact me for order or stock availability

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150mm Filter Solution for CANON 14 F2.8 L , NIKON 14-24 F2.8, Tamron 15-30 F2.8, Samyang 14mm F2.8 …etc

March 20, 2016March 25, 2016

endemicguides Birds Report – 2016 March 16-19 – Bukit Tinggi – KRAU – Fraser Hill – Klang

we “endemlaiscguides.com” having England guest for birds watching, from Bukit Tinggi – KRAU forest – Fraser – Klang for very limited target lists as guest went Borneo, Cambodia & East India which already cover most of the Malaysia .

with very limited target birds and time, we targeting 40 lifers …

with very good waiting game for first day, the star bird – Mountain Peacock-Pheasant… at Bukit Tinggi, also managed to got few target bamboo Woodpecker, Black Laughingthrush for the first day etc

immediate after lunch , we reached KRAU in very hot, dry late afternoon but we still got few important target e.g. Garnet Pitta, Black Throat Babbler , Banded Kingfishers etc .

but we missed out few lowland target so next day morning we going KRAU again before heading Fraser Hill. we have slow and dry morning but still some target like Long-billed Spiderhunter, Gray-breasted Spiderhunter, Gold-whiskered Barbet , Red-billed Malkoha , Yellow-vented Pigeon, Cook’s Swift, Cook’s Swift, Black-browed Barbet, Hill Blue-Flycatcher etc . too bad we are rush for other targets and didn’t get any chance to photograph them .

another 1.5 days on Fraser Hill, in the morning we have very good view of Blue Nuthatch, Collard Owlet, Black and Black-and-crimson Oriole. Same day, we managed to have very good target and sighting e.g. Gray-breasted Partridge (Malaysian Hill Partridge) , Mabler Wren-Babbler, Malayan Laughingthrush, grey nightjar etc . I got a good view of Malayan Whistling-Thrush but too bad guest just got a brief view of the endemic . but the bird day , Malayan Hill Partridge give us fantastic view for more than 2 hours … and very lucky I managed to got some pictures of the star bird. and by luck we also have super view of Rufous-bellied Swallow … total 5 of the birds gave us very good view .

immediate after Fraser Hill, we decide to try the Mangrove Pitta. and yes we got it real fast but under the hot weather near mangrove ..

overall we got 118 species and target hit 44 species or lifers for guest

star birds :

Gray-breasted Partridge (Malaysian)

Yellow-vented Pigeon

Mountain Peacock-Pheasant

Mabler Wren-Babbler

Bamboo Woodpecker

Garnet Pitta

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