Dedicate to Peng Eik

[starrynight]

This one worth mentioning that when I first started taking avian pics 2 years ago, I saw Peng Eik's parakeet landing shot. The pic was so powerful that it is always in my mind ...
I wanted this pic very much although it is a poor replication of his shot ...

Green Beeeater
Taken in Thailand

[zcf]

nice shot as always , but it would be better is can zoom in bigger and slightly tighter crop.

[starrynight]

Thanks for the kind comments. Appreciate your advise. will definitely try harder next time ...
Problem is that my lens has a fixed focus length. Can not zoom. In anticipation of flight, if we put in too tight a frame, may end up cutting wings or tail. Also moving in too close, these fellows will get spooked and do not engage in their routine activities ...
thanks once again for viewing and advise
cheers

[Bluestrike]

sorry, not sure if it my laptop, but the colour seem a bit off to the magneta side. anyone verify?

[Reno]

Nice catch...!!

[hiker]

Great shot as always...

[zcf]

Originally Posted by starrynight Thanks for the kind comments. Appreciate your advise. will definitely try harder next time ... Problem is that my lens has a fixed focus length. Can not zoom. In anticipation of flight, if we put in too tight a frame, may end up cutting wings or tail. Also moving in too close, these fellows will get spooked and do not engage in their routine activities ... thanks once again for viewing and advise cheers

Sorry , the zoom I meant was cropping and showing it as a bigger photo, I do understand you were using prime lens. Thanks for explaining, noob here, learn something today.

[scenar]

wowee, nice action shot!

[broccoli]

very swee!!!

[chngpe01]

Thanks Wilson for the dedication and reminder of the joy of nature photography. Awesome pic of the bee-eaters, they are always my favorite subjects. I understand the reddish cast as it is natural as this is what you get in the red earth terrain there, perhaps a little de-saturation may be applied.


Sorry for this long winded posts. This post really makes me miss the joy of avian photography and makes me smile in reminiscence. You are
The original two images you are referring to are actually gone. What I have is left with only small images of them (lost them while spring cleaning my hard drives - no back up on CD)

They were taken at Keppel Country Club for their newsletter. And it was just pure luck that, I happened to see a shadow of another bird approaching and just machine gunned away (D2h then) , managed to get 2 frame of the approach. I have taken the liberty to show them here.

2 secs before the action


both this and next pic less than 1 sec
(Date/Time 14-Feb-2005 10:12:22)


(Date/Time 14-Feb-2005 10:12:22)




Once again thanks Wilson for rekindling the passion for avian photography, though it will be some time before I get my butt moving.

[starrynight]

Thanks for the advise. u are right on the colours.


oh dear ... losing the pics must be quite an heartache! Still enjoy seeing these images ...
hope you do have time n interest to go out n get some fresh air ...

[Sree]

Its been a long while since I last visited or posted here, but PE we really miss you. You are the master that inspired so many of us.

Hope you join us for some avian photography in the not too distant future.

[wheels]

Agree with Sree that we all do miss PE's shots. For me, its the bee eaters shots from PE. Please come out of your birding retirement leh, PE.

Dr. Wilson, can you shoot a nab nab model and dedicate to me?

[Quest]

wah, real expert in the birds and bees. pei fu pei fu the grandmasters.

[daden]

salute for PE! still remember his kindness in guiding all the newbie in SBG last year! starrynight, you are on that great line -really admire all your avian shots - and noticed that u travel A LOT!

[microcosm]

Great avian shots never fail to stop my breath. Nice capture there. And it is interesting to note that the colour cast was from the environment. This really documents the environment where the bird is in. Great capture.

I am also one who misses PE's avian shots. Been a fan of his for years.

[Garion]

Amazing capture Dr. Wilson! Good timing. I tend to agree with PE that the color cast may be caused by the red earth environment in the picture. I feel also the pic should be cropped a little tighter.

I missed PE's shots too, it was his shots (and Avatar's too) in CS WoN that really inspired me and many others out there. Hope you will find the inspiration and time to get back to avian photography, and produce more 'wow' shots to inspire us.

[digisnap]

Great shot. I wasn't here long enough to see PE's original pics. Thanks for sharing

[wkcheah76]

Yesm if not of PE and Avatar, I would never have looked at WoN, and would not have dabbled with super teles... poisoned me bad!

[DXNMedia]

Peng Eik! Long time no see you....didn't realise that you're the mod of this forum.
Hope you remember me...Dixon from MUGS.

Missed the gatherings where you brought your 'tua-leng-kong' lenses & showed us your great avian shots on your Powerbook.
If I remember correctly, I was most impressed with your series of shots of a bird landing to feed the little ones.