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too many sample of my outing … and yesterday we have our Genting Highland sunrise outing . when we reach , it is so misty and the view just change like in 2-3 min …
–>before
–>after 2-3 min
Landscape is a game of luck and waiting … so be patient ……………
–>and ~30-40 min later
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the only species of Podicipedidae for Malaysia
1. Little Grebe, 小䴙䴘, 小鷿鷈, Tachybaptus ruficollis, カイツブリ, TETIMBUL KECIL BIASA
1. Little Grebe, 小䴙䴘, 小鷿鷈, Tachybaptus ruficollis, カイツブリ, TETIMBUL KECIL BIASA
– very small littler “duck” like normally found freshwater pond
update 202103
update 2016 Jan 4
– cute little bird, bring chick learning to swim … and chick always hide inside the wing
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Few nearby tourist locations, I didn’t make all to all the spots as my visit is mainly for photography.
A complex national park , I spent few day to understand the only wulinyuAn pArk.
Buses to different location the interlink need walking and by between the busstop the rod is exist . and no idea why they never make it interlink more convenient
Many walking for bus –elevator interchange (200-400m) . and it is not photography friendly , most of the bus start service 8-830m – 6pm only (sunrise 720m) [someone told me it is due to off peak season and I will check peak season or normal season bus operation hour] so if want to shoot sunrise/sunset need special arrange with extra payment
This trip mainly concentrate on wulingyuan which mainly divide by 3 parts YuanJiaJie, （袁家界） Yang JiaJie (杨家界)and TianZhiSan （天子山）
Every session need travel by bus, and each part consist few specify beautiful attractions … and mostly walking distance 10-90min with rock broadwalk (up and down and some could be steep) . again most of the spot with different name which need our imagination to match the view and the “rock” appearance .
After few days inside the park, we visit many different spots and for me it is just still rocky mountains … but for photography with the pattern and light direction (I didn’t have chance to see any snow, misty) .. we have many oppurnity to create some pictures .
Food … amazing nice local food by the homestay owner and KFC and McD (McCafe too) available .
I stay at a homestay which I think strategy location for no special arrangement for sunrise/sunset. As this location walking distance can shoot sunrise/sunset with rocky mountains even it is not really the beautiful formation. This homestay owner is a retire teacher who also drawing, photograph … and it share his experience, view about “art” (not only drawing and photograph) … cook us a wonderful chicken soup dinner with his white wine collection (have a good sleep after that 😀 )
He has similar thought as mine .. he say .. a good artist (for photography/drawing) need 3 main “GOOD” [好]
Good View – 好景
Good food – 好吃
Good Person – 好人
He also share what he mean for landscape view and art view (大景与小景) and why do we need balance between to for his point of art … I learn a lot from he and his friend who spend >10 years on CHINA mainland landscape photography .
Overall a place need luck , skill, arrangement, experience ， stamina and ect to get this place photograph …
update 2018 June 28
from 2018 CHINA, HUNAN Photohunters tour
this is a long wait of 1.5 day, finally the moment waiting is come… we actually rush, ran , to this spot but the view keep changing for us another 1 hour ++ think everyone should be have good time here
update 2018 June 24
just got back from 2018 CHINA, HUNAN Photohunters tour
13 photographers with almost all famous brand in the world (absent of LEICA and NIKON) enjoy the boring wait and excitement of sudden misting moment
update 2016 Jan 11
update 2015 Dec 21
update 2017 Nov 24
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got SONY A7S2 recently and I am going Penang for a shooting .. so decide have quick test on this new camera …
as usual below is standard setting, and Post Porcessing done on the picture
below is 100% crop for the resize file and click link for actual file view
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CANON5dm3-ISO100c100
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SONYA7s2
CANON 5dm3
Overall the SONY A7s2 give good ISO performance .. especially higher than 800 it seem little advance than Canon 5dm3 (before any Noise reduction)…
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a family normally hope on , colourful and making call
1. Black Laughingthrush, 黑噪鹛, 黑噪鶥, Garrulax lugubris, クロガビチョウ, KEKICAU-RAYA HITAM BIASA
2. Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush, 栗头噪鹛, 栗頭噪鶥, Ianthocincla mitrata, チャガシラガビチョウ, KEKICAU-RAYA BIASA
3. Malayan Laughingthrush, 马来噪鹛, 馬來噪鶥, Trochalopteron peninsulae, マレーシアガビチョウ, KEKICAU-RAYA TEMBAGA BIASA
4. Sunda Laughingthrush , 灰褐噪鹛, 灰褐噪鶥, Garrulax palliatus, チャバネガビチョウ, KEKICAU-RAYA CENUK KERAK
5. Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush, 栗冠噪鹛, 栗冠噪鶥,Ianthocincla treacheri, ボルネオチャガシラガビチョウ, KEKICAU-RAYA BORNEO
6. Bare-headed Laughingthrush, 裸头噪鹛, 裸頭噪鶥, Garrulax calvus, ハゲガビチョウ, KEKICAU-RAYA HITAM BOTAK
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51. White-whiskered Laughingthrush, 玉山噪鹛, 台灣噪眉, Trochalopteron morrisonianum, タイワンキンバネガビチョウ
1. Black Laughingthrush, 黑噪鹛, 黑噪鶥, Garrulax lugubris, クロガビチョウ, KEKICAU-RAYA HITAM BIASA
– difficult bird to get open, noisy bird
– found this ~700mm from sea level
update 202307
– a very lucky morning with this shy and active bird stay so low and long for everyone good view and picture session
– 非常幸运的一个早上。这么活跃与害羞的鸟，尽然站了这么低这么久让我们看+拍够。
update 202305
– while we walking for general birding after long wait for the partridge. All of sudden this bird calling from far, we toward the direction and this bird just stand ~10feet from us .. what a lucky day after Malayan Whistling-Thrush, Bamboo Woodpecker, Malayan Hawk-Cuckoo, Mountain Scops Owl and many good birds today.
– 等了一个小时的鹧鸪。终于可以普通看鸟。非常幸运，除了这鸟外。也拿下黄嘴角鸮， 棕腹鹰鹃,竹啄木鸟 等好鸟
update 202105
– a location not official close for outsiders. this is the last visit before it was close down. (location near Genting Highland)
– as usual this active, canopy bird, and shy.
– 这个鸟点已关。这次是关前几天拍的。
– 这可是非常活跃，害羞，通常都站很高的鸟。
update 2020 Sept
update 2020 Aug
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2. Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush, 栗头噪鹛, 栗頭噪鶥, Ianthocincla mitrata, チャガシラガビチョウ, KEKICAU-RAYA BIASA
update 202407
– one of the most common birds from Fraser Hill, lovely, beautiful too
– 福隆港最普通的一种鸟之一，几乎哪都看到。可是还是很美的小鸟。
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– one of the most common laughingthrush , found at SUb-montane & Montane level
3. Malayan Laughingthrush, 马来噪鹛, 馬來噪鶥, Trochalopteron peninsulae, マレーシアガビチョウ, KEKICAU-RAYA TEMBAGA BIASA
– Endemic of Peninsula Malaysia
– common at certain location
UPDATE 202404
– another bird that getting difficult to seen in Bukit Fraser, use to be pretty common but now missing from many previous spots
– 福隆港另一只越来越难见到的鸟。以前蛮多点都可以见到的。可是现在几乎都就几个点。
a simple test CANON RF100-300 F2.8
CANON RF100-300mm F2.8 field test at Rainforest – Malaysia [update 20240411]
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update 202311
– still clearing 2023 pictures while waiting for next target birds tour. This bird seem getting not so common nowadays .. hope it will doing good
– 下一个目标鸟团还没开始，还在清理2023的照片。这特有种，越来越少。有点担心
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4. Sunda Laughingthrush , 灰褐噪鹛, 灰褐噪鶥, Garrulax palliatus, チャバネガビチョウ, KEKICAU-RAYA CENUK KERAK
– common montane in Borneo
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Malaysia only found at Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak), found at Montane level .
5. Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush, 栗冠噪鹛, 栗冠噪鶥,Ianthocincla treacheri, ボルネオチャガシラガビチョウ, KEKICAU-RAYA BORNEO
a Borneo common endemic
6. Bare-headed Laughingthrush, 裸头噪鹛, 裸頭噪鶥, Garrulax calvus, ハゲガビチョウ, KEKICAU-RAYA HITAM BOTAK
– very active and noisy bird ..
– newly update it may not belong to the Laughingthrush family
– rare and shy montane Borneo endemic
update 202409
– one of my best moment of 2029, this bird stay close and one of best view of this bird
– 我的2029最好的一刻，这鸟站这个位置真的最好角度看这鸟。
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– another main target of the short trip, it is close and fast .. all of us saw the bird .. but sad my buddies didn’t got the picture of it feeding on “fruit” (think my first time saw this bird eat fruit) …
– the bird moving fast and inside dark bush, 2 of the Z9 failed to got the bird in focus 🙁 lucky me with new R5markii , if bring mark 1 may be also dont have this best moment of this rare bird
– 与朋友的几天，主要目标之一。这鸟来的蛮近的。可是有入常态，动很快，在暗的地方动。朋友们Z9都没办法对上焦（在这站了好几秒大家都看到）。幸好佳能R5Mark ii 好好表现还是对上了几张。这鸟非常害羞，稀有。非常不容易拍照，还加上第一次看到它吃果子（通常吃昆虫）.
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update 202408
– before archive the folder, make another picture one of best moment of 2024. This bird stand here more than 3 minutes … making call.. looking at us ..such a handsome
– 在我删掉7月的图片前，还是分享多一张。2024最美好的一刻。这么英俊的鸟站那3-4分钟。好看啊。
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update 202407
– one of my favorite birds of Malaysia, it is not that rare just too active to have good view. But when lucky strike, me and David enjoy few minutes of best moment with this bird .. amazing bird to look at
– 我本身最喜爱马来西亚鸟之一。虽然不是特别稀有，可是就太活跃+通常站很高所以都不容易看的很好。 可是今天，我有朋友DAVID 竟然遇上这么3只在我们面前10-15尺占了蛮久。
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update 20240108
– a bird always highly wanted by birder, active, canopy bird… a bird that always heard or brief view rather than good view
– 几乎全部鸟人（摄，观都一样）都非常希望看到，拍到这一只婆罗洲特有种。可是通都是高高在上，黑黑一只。
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update 202103
– a very first close encounter with this noisy, beautiful, rare endemic
-很多年前，第一次近距離的拍到這稀有，美麗，很吵的婆羅洲特有種。
update 202306
– a very lucky morning which we meet 2 families and one of them come closer and willing to stay still for picture
– a Borneo endemic just too beautiful
– 非常幸运的最后一刻。尽然遇上2群。其中一群里的一只肯下来地点+停久一点。每个人都笑了。
update 2020 Aug
update 2020 April 3
one of the most difficult Borneo Endemic, rare, canopy and shy
51. White-whiskered Laughingthrush, 玉山噪鹛, 台灣噪眉, Trochalopteron morrisonianum, タイワンキンバネガビチョウ
– as other Laughingthrush moving in group, making noise, white-whiskered
update 202312
– very common endemic, can bee heard and seen almost any where at DaxueShan
– 非常普通的台湾特有种。在大雪山几乎在哪都听/看到
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More pictures from Flickr : Leiothrichidae series : Laughingthrush | 噪鹛科 : 噪鹛 | liewwk Nature
More Youtube video : Leiothrichidae series : Laughingthrush | 噪鹛科 : 噪鹛 | liewwk Nature
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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
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
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
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UV-Pro is a unit with deep ultraviolet light-emitting diode (DUV-LED), which emits rays with wavelength shorter than 300nm (UVC). UVC protects cameras and lenses from going moudly by killing bacteria on the coating, destroying their DNA & RNA, thus permanently halting the reproduction.
this is good especially for outdoor photographer always visit high humidity environment. it come either CANON and Nikon mount now, it come with a mounting that can easily mount on the len and camera
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One of my favor len, Canon EF TS-E 17mm F4 … it give sharpness, clarify that I love especially pair with new CANON EOS 5d/5Dsr.
The design of this Len limit ourselves to use filter which is my prefer way to shoot landscape … so I start with Order – Lee Filter Adapter Ring for TS-E 17mm.
but due to it’s limitation of shift, it may not perfect solution . I still use this as it can use all my existing 100mm square filters.
recently, Both Lee Filters and Haida provided better solution for CANON TS-E 17mm len. which is 150mm square filter solution. After long wait, finally I have a chance to test the HAIDA 150mm filter solution for TSE17mm. so this is another set of filters, yes real big to be easy handling which is 150mm width ….
but it do allow us without tilt but shift to max on both left-right/top-bottom…..
update 2015 Aug 31
Sample #1
–> HAIDA 150mm Filters solution
–> Lee Filters GND .6s
–> HAIDA 150mmx150mm CPL
–> no tilt but full shift from max bottom to top
–> no vignette show
—> pano sample
Sample #2
–> HAIDA 150mm Filters solution
–> Lee Filters GND .6s
–> HAIDA 150mmx150mm CPL
–> no tilt but full shift from to the right
–> no vignette show
–> pano result
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As previous discussion, Reverse GND or RGND is a filter very important for sunrise/sunset/dusk/dawn moment… I am officially bringing in another RGND brand 84dot5mm ….
again let me share some new picture showing how;s the filter balance the exposure
-without Filter and meter on foreground. so the dusk moment sky is over exp
-without Filter and meter on sky. and now the foreground is under expose
– apply RGND 2 stops … without any HDR, exposure blending, shadow highlight recovery . both foreground and sky with right exposure and details now
Sample of RGND filter for balance the exposures
update 2016 Jul 5
picture on top without any filter … and bottom with RGND show better sky exposure
update 2015 Aug 30
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when we have option, we tend to choose from which is better … better in term of? It come to my mind too , which one to pick and why …. while my Photohunter Tour 2015 Bali , I managed to have both camera with me and have a quick test … but the test as usual a basic test on common interest … more details ? site effect ?
both camera
– ISO100,200,400,800,1600,3200 (also have higher test)
– F16
– MF on the front boat (100% crop picture)
– 2s timer shooting
– M mode
– Auto WB
– CANON EF 24-70 F2.8 II len use
– ACR save pictures , Highlight -21, Shadow 11, Clarity +30 ONLY , Vibrance +10, Saturation +5, no noise reduction, no sharpen
ISO100 for both camera
====> 100% crop at focus point
====> 100%crop with ACR Shadow recovery 100 (MAX)
various ISO test image as below
Both camera give much more details compare to previous CANON EOS 5dm3 and it make big different among these 2 cameras (may be you can look at the full size of JPEG for further comment). but 5Dsr just give slight more extra details, contrast but where we almost not noticeable . and not much Moire effect appear over few days testing. may be in future if I notice and will be posting here too
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