1. Oriental Pratincole, 普通燕鸻, 普通燕鴴, Glareola maldivarum, ツバメチドリ, KEDIDI-PADANG BIASA
– a bird always rest on the ground .. nest on the ground … not too shy to human
– Adults are brown overall with an elegant black necklace and pale yellow throat. When in flight, note dark flight feathers, chestnut underwing coverts, bright-white trailing edge to the wings, and a flashing white rump. (ebird)
update 202105
– a non-breeding bird
– 非繁殖羽
202008, Sg Balang, Johor, Malaysia
update 2014 Jun 15
oriental pratincole 普通燕鴴
2. Small Pratincole, 灰燕鸻, 灰燕鴴, Glareola lactea, ヒメツバメチドリ, KEDIDI-PADANG KECIL
– a smaller brownish bird, white eye ring, short bill
– This small bird, commonly heard at Fraser’s Hill, Cameron Highlands, Sumatra’s Kerinci, and Genting Highlands, is often challenging to spot or photograph despite its frequent calls. However, at specific feeding spots, it tends to become tame and reliably appears when humans approach, displaying behavior similar to the Pygmy Cupwing. Notably, it often moves with its wings raised, making its behavior quite distinctive.
– With the new Canon R1’s Continuous Pre-recording feature, every time the bird perches, I half-press the shutter to keep it in focus. As soon as the bird moves or raises its wings, I fully press the shutter, capturing everything that occurred 0.5 seconds prior. This ensures I never miss the perfect moment.
– only Montane of Borneo, and it may split as separate endemic species . a shy bird
update 202409
– a very active and shy bird of Borneo, normally moving low near ground. Male dark overall and female some how very beautiful bird instead
– 非常活跃与害羞的婆罗洲特有种。通常在地面上跳动。雄鸟暗蓝色，母鸟非常漂亮。
202409, Gunung Alab, Sabah, Malaysia
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update 202405
– another good bird to be seen open and stay for may be <2 seconds for everyone .. lovely female, active, shy and making loud long call almost any where in KNP recently. (last month not even single bird making call)
– 婆罗洲高山特有种，害羞，动作快，可爱的一只鸟。这次到神山几乎哪都听到他叫。上个月几乎都没听到。
202405, Gunung Alab, Sabah, Malaysia
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update 202311
– a shy bird to been seen/photograph, but this female seem looking for someone .. but still active jumping around
– 非常害羞的鸟，看都不容易不要讲拍。可是这母鸟好像在等什么。总在附近跳来跳去。
202309, Gunung Alab, Sabah, Malaysia
update 202309
– last day, heard this bird calling loud and found it is quite tame to human !!! amazing it is almost a not possible to photograph … beautiful girl
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– 1 May – 15 Jun 2014 – beautiful Malaysia
– only for Malaysian and pictures taken in Malaysia allow
– judge based on 1. creativity of getting right exposure | effects [40%] 2. composition [30%] 3. technical expertise (sharpness, natural color, depth of field) [10%] 4. FB like [20%]
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many years back before I upgrade to Canon mark2 tele lenses … I always try to avoid tele-convertor 2x … max I used is 1.4x but than still minimum use due to the quality drop is too much to worry ..
since then I upgrade to CANON ef 500/600 F4 IS2 and tc 1.4x and 2x mark3 … I have my own rule to apply the tc to get my acceptable quality picture .. and here I would share some of my capture (and I am not trying to share 1-2 case picture .. pictures sharing here are based on my common standard of shooting result) …
to make good use of the TC mark3 version .. my own rules
– enough light condition.. I can make use of any TC either 1.4 or 2x
– low light condition , try to avoid 2x tc
– very bad light condition , no TC will be use and use crop picture for final output
Update 2014 April 20 :
Orange-Breasted Trogon 橙胸咬鵑
– when the quality of air consist of moisture/mist … we can see it affect the quality (this also apply without TC)
Orange-Breasted Trogon 橙胸咬鵑100% crop of previous picture
Common Kingfisher
Common Kingfisher , 普通翠鳥
100% crop
100% crop of previous picture
both pictures above shooting on bean beg , ISO1600 , with only resize and no Post Processing done …
– for me the result is far acceptable for using the 2xtc …
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