My catch during Heron Watch 2004

[ccplim]

Went for the heron watch on saturday morning. Spotted quite a varity of birdies but were not able to take any pics due to location restriction

Anyway, here's my catch for the morning.

Pic #1
Taken handheld supported on a railing as I saw it upon arrival and have not setup my tripod yet


Pic #2


Pic #3

[ccplim]

Pic #4


Pic #5


Pic #6


Pic #7


The rest of the pics can be found here .

[Newguy69]

Yo bro! Beautiful pics of the KF . Seem like the birdie had just woke up in the pic 6 I have also tried a few attempt but unsuccessful. Will try again if have the opportunity.

Cheers

[ccplim]

Originally Posted by Newguy69 Yo bro! Beautiful pics of the KF . Seem like the birdie had just woke up in the pic 6 I have also tried a few attempt but unsuccessful. Will try again if have the opportunity. Cheers

Thanks bro! Compare to many bros here, my standard still smell no smoke When I took that shot in #6, the time is around 11+am already.

When I get the chance, I might go back there to try my luck and see if I can find them there again. I was actually quite surprised to find KF at that location.

Btw, is the last one a glossy starling?

[Garion]

Good attempts there ccplim. I like #2, good composition and nice pose of the bird there. One point to note: try to capture the bird with a clean background as much as possible and also with a clean composition ie. make sure your subject is not accidentally blocked by sticks, twigs etc. which would throw attention off the subject. A possible solution would be to shift your position a few metres left or right, a change in perspective would result in a quite different (and possibly better) pic.

Just my 2 cts, keep shooting!

[2100]

Brudder, nice shots man......wah one fine day i gotta go shoot with ya. So far i have not even gotten a single shot of any KFs, let alone getting good compo or what. Only see them flying here and there at least 50m away. Such a small bird, 50m...smell no smoke.

[ccplim]

Originally Posted by Garion Good attempts there ccplim. I like #2, good composition and nice pose of the bird there. One point to note: try to capture the bird with a clean background as much as possible and also with a clean composition ie. make sure your subject is not accidentally blocked by sticks, twigs etc. which would throw attention off the subject. A possible solution would be to shift your position a few metres left or right, a change in perspective would result in a quite different (and possibly better) pic. Just my 2 cts, keep shooting!

Thanks Garion for the comments and pointers. There was actually quite alot of restriction when I take the shot of this KF. The branch that you saw in the picture is actually from a fallen tree resting in the middle of a river. I was shooting from the river bank and thus the area that I can move about is kind of limited. Another thing is that this fella keep hopping around changing his position

[ccplim]

Originally Posted by 2100 Brudder, nice shots man......wah one fine day i gotta go shoot with ya. So far i have not even gotten a single shot of any KFs, let alone getting good compo or what. Only see them flying here and there at least 50m away. Such a small bird, 50m...smell no smoke.

Thanks for the kind comment bro 2100. I still got lots to learn from the rest of the bros (including you) here. I am just plain lucky to have spotted this fella. He was also about 50m away and I actually played around with both a 1.4 and 2x TC.

On the other hand, the lighting during that time isn't very bright so I actually have to play around alot with the exposure settings inorder to get it right. Also, too bad that I am not able to get any shot of him diving for fishes

[Newguy69]

Originally Posted by ccplim Btw, is the last one a glossy starling?

I think should be...a young glossy starling.

Cheers

[jbma]

Yo bro. Did you use the 1.4 TC? Seems pretty sharp. Is this the new lens? Anyway

[ccplim]

Originally Posted by jbma Yo bro. Did you use the 1.4 TC? Seems pretty sharp. Is this the new lens? Anyway

Thanks bro! The answer to both your questions -> yes!