Winter visitors and local delights galore

Jeff · 30th October 2004

Today is one memorable day when our winters visitors decided to pop up one by one. Just a few to share.

Let's not forget out local avians in splendid colors!

Visitors

The Asian Brown Flycatcher

Blue-tailed Bee-eater (yes, they r back!)

Jeff · 30th October 2004

Locals

Scarlet-backed flower pecker (forgot to switch on the flash for this one precious shot!

)

Pied Fantail

Plain-throated Sunbird

And my favourite Magpie Robin (w a missing claw)

Hope u like them.

joeyao · 30th October 2004

WOW! My eyes are turning green!

erwinx · 30th October 2004

nice backgrounds. The colours of the background for the magpie robin appear oversaturated tho'

skfoo · 30th October 2004

All these in one day? Good catch.

The pied fantail looks brownish. The ones I have seen in the field and in books are blackish (with white in some areas) in colour.

Jeff · 30th October 2004

erwinx, the bg for the robin lit-up like a bulb. just happened that the light was illuminating some refective ferns in the bg.

skfoo, they r today's catch. not all here in fact! well i just need to stay within the 10x10m2 area for them to pop up one by one from 10am to 4pm.

As for the color cast, i found that if the bg is brownish, the bird will look black whilst w a green bg, the feathers appear brown. maybe just some color cast.

one more thing, i gonna need some tuition on flight shots for the bee-eaters.

hope to get some pointers.

chenchengcai · 30th October 2004

Pic #1 looks cute!
Big head small body - just like tweety bird.

Jeff · 30th October 2004

Just three more to complete today's catch.

Storkbilled Kingfisher (Junior kept crying for mum's attention!)

Olive-backed Sunbird (Look at those baby fat around the tummy!)

Ducky duck (Cat's out of the bag. Oops)

Garion · 30th October 2004

Great shots, you really had a very fruitful catch today.

Love the Magpie Robin shot, the saturated background makes it stand out.

Iceman27 · 31st October 2004

Beautiful pics there... seems that they pop by you 10x10 to have their potraits done...!!! Awesome!

Cheers!

2100 · 31st October 2004

I think Jeff and his GF live in very convenient locations.

Jeff · 31st October 2004

Originally Posted by 2100

I think Jeff and his GF live in very convenient locations.

Now tell me about that!

Glad you folks like them.

Jeff · 31st October 2004

Originally Posted by skfoo

The pied fantail looks brownish. The ones I have seen in the field and in books are blackish (with white in some areas) in colour.

Just checked. The pix shows a juvenile. Adult has evenly colored dark brown plumages. I got the description from Paul Huang's site. He caught the adult and juvenile in early september.

Caussway · 31st October 2004

Great pictures Jeff

. I liked the Magpie Robin, the background is lovely. Very nice capture of KF, in my PC it appears to have slight orange cast.

Jeff · 1st November 2004

Originally Posted by Caussway

Great pictures Jeff . I liked the Magpie Robin, the background is lovely. Very nice capture of KF, in my PC it appears to have slight orange cast.

the orange cast may originate from the warming filter 80 i applied to these pixs. it makes the pixs more natural looking this way. will take note. thanks

Avatar · 2nd November 2004

Interesting series you have there. It is heartwarming to know that we (still) have so many winter visitors to our island state.

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Jeff Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 2,516	Locals Scarlet-backed flower pecker (forgot to switch on the flash for this one precious shot! ) Pied Fantail Plain-throated Sunbird And my favourite Magpie Robin (w a missing claw) Hope u like them. Last edited by Jeff; 30th October 2004 at 09:39 PM.

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Jeff Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 2,516	erwinx, the bg for the robin lit-up like a bulb. just happened that the light was illuminating some refective ferns in the bg. skfoo, they r today's catch. not all here in fact! well i just need to stay within the 10x10m2 area for them to pop up one by one from 10am to 4pm. As for the color cast, i found that if the bg is brownish, the bird will look black whilst w a green bg, the feathers appear brown. maybe just some color cast. one more thing, i gonna need some tuition on flight shots for the bee-eaters. hope to get some pointers. Last edited by Jeff; 30th October 2004 at 10:55 PM.

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Garion Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: West side of S'pore Posts: 5,515	Great shots, you really had a very fruitful catch today. Love the Magpie Robin shot, the saturated background makes it stand out. __________________ [ deviantart selections \| Photoblog ]

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Jeff Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 2,516	Winter visitors and local delights galore Today is one memorable day when our winters visitors decided to pop up one by one. Just a few to share. Let's not forget out local avians in splendid colors! Visitors The Asian Brown Flycatcher Blue-tailed Bee-eater (yes, they r back!) Last edited by Jeff; 31st October 2004 at 09:06 AM.

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joeyao Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 755	WOW! My eyes are turning green!

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erwinx Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,492	nice backgrounds. The colours of the background for the magpie robin appear oversaturated tho'

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skfoo Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,187	All these in one day? Good catch. The pied fantail looks brownish. The ones I have seen in the field and in books are blackish (with white in some areas) in colour.

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chenchengcai Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: east Posts: 360	Pic #1 looks cute! Big head small body - just like tweety bird.

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Iceman27 Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 265	Beautiful pics there... seems that they pop by you 10x10 to have their potraits done...!!! Awesome! Cheers!

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2100 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,116	I think Jeff and his GF live in very convenient locations.

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Caussway Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 995	Great pictures Jeff . I liked the Magpie Robin, the background is lovely. Very nice capture of KF, in my PC it appears to have slight orange cast.

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Avatar Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Singapore / Taiwan Posts: 1,244	Interesting series you have there. It is heartwarming to know that we (still) have so many winter visitors to our island state.