endemicguides Birds Report – 2016 Feb 21-25 – KRAU – Bukit Tinggi – Fraser Hill – Kuala Lumpur

we “endemlaiscguides.com” having Belgium guest for target birds watching, from Kuala Lumpur – KRAU forest – Bukit Tinggi – Fraser Hill – Kuala Lumpur

for the 5 days 4 nights birds watching , from secondary forest to highland back to botanical Garden … we only concentrate on guest targets birds and managed to record  172 species. and for some good opportunity. from

Day 1 – KRAU : we have some good morning with many low land targets meet except a “mysterious”  Black & Yellow Broadbill and Banded Pitta… Star Bird of the day we have Rail-Babbler , Garnet Pitta which stay long snough for us , Little Green-Pigeon , Rufous-collared Kingfisher (real close with good view), Banded Kingfisher (found almost end of the day and long view but little far up with scope) & Rhinoceros Hornbill  (with beautiful lighting view)

Day 2 – Bukit Tinggi : target for the Mountain Peacock-Pheasant and both male and female show in the early morning … follow by Malaysian Rail-babbler giving a good running view. than we have a bad day without any more target in almost late morning till 3pm … finally when we say while we dint see Whiskered Treeswift …. it calling when we are driving for some target birds and we make a stop and found this fruiting tree give us another few target included Scaly-breasted Bulbul , Red-throated Sunbird, Spectacled Spiderhunter , Yellow-eared Spiderhunter  etc

Day 3 – KRAU-Fraser : we were going back to KRAU for trogon and we had ZERO trogon so far ..and again we also look for other lowland target … in the morning we managed to have Banded Pitta (Malayan) [head view]and than follow by first target trogon – Scarlet-rumped Trogon … and we called it a Woodpecker day as most the target woodpeckers just appear infront of us without big effort Checker-throated Woodpecker , Crimson-winged Woodpecker , Bamboo Woodpecker , Orange-backed Woodpecker .

Day 4 – Fraser Hill : not many target birds here and we only looking for those “no so common” birds here … so we have slow day … but still we have very easy view of 2 Marbled Wren-Babbler which make our day .. but we still failed to have one Partridge calling … and missed few Rusty-naped Pitta … but Siberian Thrush giving good view to us which we really enjoy to see they happy feeding around

Day 5 – Fraser Hill – Kuala Lumpur : not really a productive day again as we only target on the main target due to limited time , we managed to get close to Mountain Scops-Owl and have a moving and some blur picture of Gray-breasted Partridge (Malaysian) . when we leaving back to Kuala Lumpur it is very windy and tree fall down and block our way back … by waiting of 30 min the road been clear .

as long as we reach Kuala Lumpur – Shah Alam : very quick one we had 2 target meet : Gray-breasted Spiderhunter & Hooded pitta (2 individual saw also)

 

I managed rush back to car for few occasions and handheld to capture some birds pictures to share…

a never bore cute bird - Black and Yellow Broadbill is one of the Target and it just flew ni while we spending our good time with a fruiting tree - Black-and-yellow Broadbill 黑黄阔嘴鸟
a never bore cute bird – Black and Yellow Broadbill is one of the Target and it just flew ni while we spending our good time with a fruiting tree – Black-and-yellow Broadbill 黑黄阔嘴鸟

 

found few fruiting tree with this beautiful Bulbul - Scaly-breasted Bulbul 鳞胸鹎
found few fruiting tree with this beautiful Bulbul – Scaly-breasted Bulbul 鳞胸鹎

 

the Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot also join the fruiting tree - Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 短尾鹦鹉
the Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot also join the fruiting tree – Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 短尾鹦鹉

 

another fast and furious birds .. but we have good view of both male and female - Bamboo Woodpecker 竹啄木鸟
another fast and furious birds .. but we have good view of both male and female – Bamboo Woodpecker 竹啄木鸟

 

another fast and furious birds .. but we have good view of both male and female - Bamboo Woodpecker 竹啄木鸟
another fast and furious birds .. but we have good view of both male and female – Bamboo Woodpecker 竹啄木鸟

 

a bird never get bore , few pairs of them around .. Red-bearded Bee-eater 赤须夜蜂虎
a bird never get bore , few pairs of them around ..
Red-bearded Bee-eater 赤须夜蜂虎

 

another bird , easy ... just spent 5-10 min found this and managed to go back car and grab camera for this .. in single day found 2 individual birds - Marbled Wren-Babbler 石纹鹪鹛
another bird , easy … just spent 5-10 min found this and managed to go back car and grab camera for this .. in single day found 2 individual birds – Marbled Wren-Babbler 石纹鹪鹛

 

a bird we spent a lot of time for ... calling non stop .. managed to see it movement and some blur shot handhled - Gray-breasted/ Malaysia Hill Partridge (Malaysian) 砍氏山鹧􅏾
a bird we spent a lot of time for … calling non stop .. managed to see it movement and some blur shot handhled – Gray-breasted/ Malaysia Hill Partridge (Malaysian) 砍氏山鹧􅏾

 

a bird make a lot of noise when we driving back - Rufescent Prinia 暗冕山鹪莺
a bird make a lot of noise when we driving back – Rufescent Prinia 暗冕山鹪莺

 

in summary

Total 174 species saw
Star birds

Banded Pitta
Malayan Rail-Babbler
Garnet Pitta
Yellow Vented Pigeon
Bamboo Woodpecker
Gray-breasted Partridge (Malaysian)
Mountain Peacock-Pheasant
Marbled Wren-Babbler

 

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liewwkNature Photohunter : 2015 Oct Sichuan , CHINA

2015 , we finally make another Photohunter trip to Sichuan, CHINA …we travel ~2200km , 12 days , 4600meter from sea level , cold … fun … and we finally make it completed and now let’s share some pictures here

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As usual, I will slowly update some important place we visit here …

1. Yading is one of our target place ..  a place full with opportunity for photos …

update 2015 Oct 28

… first Light in …
… the Cold Morning Reflection …

 

2. 新都桥

– a small town that we pass by few round to our destination and meals.

– we stop by due to beautiful view of the autumn …

update 2015 Dec1

… shadow of Other tree …

 

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Photohunter : 2015 July Chiang Mai , Thailand

another landscape outing but this time plan by my gang … a beautiful country with different beautiful views … but this round we just concentrate on a Paddy field .

 

and soon this place will be full with landscape photographers 😀

I will be slowly update more pictures and info …

update 2015 Jul 19

– drive ~2hours from Chiang Mai town to Doi Inthanon National Park than another 30min off road by 4×4 (mud road) to this beautiful place call “Pa Bong Piang”

– a beautiful small village with layers/terrace , plant with paddy , corns and etc

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Photohunter : 2015 May 14-19 East Java (Surabaya) Landscape Outing

Glad that we make another great and happy outing to East Java … thanks everyone that in the outing and hope everyone enjoy and learn something from everyone in the outing …

we spend 50% time at Papuma beach and the remaining @Mount Bromo …

I will slowly update pictures captured from this outing …

update 2015 May 22

– thanks Olympus Malaysia allow me to test their F1.8 fisheye to allow me to capture this

… a cold Milky | 很冷的银河 …

update 2015 May 21

… MilkyRise …

 

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Birding with Circular polarizer on Telephoto lenses … why ?

Nikon C-PL1L (52mm) & Canon PL-C52(Wii)
Nikon C-PL1L (52mm) & Canon PL-C52(Wii)

 

I like to use CPL on my landscape, and I ask myself do I need one for my birding and based on my understanding … I MUST have one 😀 … and I bought one for test …. (results from last years testing and now only I have time to share this)

beside getting better reflection … I seldom do wader photography … so not rally have test result … but I found it is very useful in the forest ….

let’s picture tell the story

we always have reflective leafs create “white spots” that we really hate to have .. e.g.

without CPL and Background reflective leafs create white spots
without CPL and Background reflective leafs create white spots

that I add in CPL and reduce the flare direction

with CPL rotate it to minimum flare ... the white spot gone :D
with CPL rotate it to minimum flare … the white spot gone 😀

or another sample of our GEM of forest Garnet Pitta

without CPL or without rotate CPL to minimum flare
without CPL or without rotate CPL to minimum flare
with CPL rotate to minimum flare ...
with CPL rotate to minimum flare …

a simple video record while rotating the CPL

you can obviously see how the CPL help me 😀

 if you interest on CANON PL-C52 (WII) or NIKON C-PL1L (52mm) feel free to contact me .. as I got limited units available

 

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Canon EOS 7d mark2 Video AF tracking

I was lucky to have this camera (CANON EOS 7d m2) test for a day in forest (Sepilok RDC) .. there are few things (ISO performance, AF performance, Video AF tracking, Image Quality, mirror shake level) that concern me and I had make full test on it …….

Below are some of my test result (all based on my personal standard)

1. ISO performance is improve and acceptable up to 1250 (from screen) compare to my 1dx 2000

2. AF performance is very fast

3. shutter/mirror shake is very quiet and minimal

4. liveview AF tracking is simply amazing

– below show the tree branch under strong wind and keep shaking frontward-backward, left-right.

 

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Lombok, Indonesia | liewwk

completed another Photohunter series – Photohunters : Outing – Lombok, Indonesia | liewwk

for the 5 days outing , we managed to almost round the island and stay near to both famous beaches.. Kuta and Pantai Sengigi for chasing the sun and stars .

Lombok travel
Lombok travel

overall the tips is amazing even we skip the most attractive location – Mount Rinjani.

Overall

1. beautiful beaches around

2. beautiful hotel near Pantai Sengigi and Kuta

3. security overall seem alright with local guide around and thanks Agung for the help and guide

update 2014 Jan 8

– beautiful place with lovely wave that those like to shoot seascape

… following … 1. Lee FIlter GND .75s 2. Lee Filter Pro Glass .9

update 2013 Nov 18

– dusk colors simple awesome even the sunset nothing special

– make use of ND 1.2 and ND .9 to make total 7 stops instead using big stopper

1. Lee Filter GND .9s 2. Lee Filter 1.2 ND 3. Lee Filter .9 ND Pro Glass

update 2013 Nov 8

– we was here for Milky for 2 nights but luck not with us .. but in the morning the Milky “tail” just above the Batu Payung

– a shot capture with Carl Zeiss 15mm F2.8 … the distortion control just awesome

Batu Payung, Tanjung Aan, Lombok, Indonesia

update 2013 Nov 6

– a view that I plan for this trip and the sunset just beautiful with Mount Agung @Bali

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– a great place that need ~5 min walk from the beach

– when shoot at Batu Payung location, need take note on tide as tide could make the back path

great photographer with Batu Payung
great photographer with Batu Payung

 

update 2013 Nov 5

– a spot that cost a lot … this spot is close and need to buy drink to have a visit and the price is not at low site

– to come this spot, we need to pass a cliff that without any protection and this place is dangerous and if you visit here … pls stay extra carefull

– my legs were shake after back from the beautiful spot with Mount Agung as backdrop , cliff , wave sunset

… where to stand … 1. Singh-Ray RGND 2 stops 2. Lee Filter 1.2 ND

 

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update 2012 Aug 9

… HDR Reflection …
– HDR because am using 12mm full frame and no filter for me to use ..
– 7 exp HDR

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