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[Oversea] Christmas Island, Australia

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1^# A A A Post at 26/12/2007 12:37 Show author

Christmas Island, Australia

Christmas Island 31/08/07 - 06/09/07

White-tailed Tropicbird (golden morph) i.e. Golden Bosunbird

White-tailed Tropicbird (white morph)

Red-tailed Tropicbird i.e. Silver Bosunbird

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2^# A A A Post at 26/12/2007 13:06 Show author

Re: Christmas Island, Australia

The second last from the bottom awesome. Perfect exposure, graceful gliding posture and razor sharp details.

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3^# A A A Post at 26/12/2007 14:11 Show author

Thanks to lwingkay's comment.

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4^# A A A Post at 26/12/2007 14:19 Show author

Brown Boobies

Male (blue beak & blue facial skin) and Female (greenish beak & blue facial skin)

Brown Booby chick

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5^# A A A Post at 26/12/2007 14:22 Show author

Red-footed Boobies (Sexes are identical in plumage.)

Red- footed Booby chick

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6^# A A A Post at 26/12/2007 14:24 Show author

Abbott's Boobies

Male (grey bill)

Female (pink bill)

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7^# A A A Post at 26/12/2007 14:30 Show author

Cherry,

Great shots, I have always wanted to go to Christmas Island

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8^# A A A Post at 26/12/2007 14:36 Show author

Christmas Island Frigatebirds

Female

Male

Great Frigatebirds

Female

Male

Lesser Frigatebirds

Female

Male

Juvenile frigatebirds - it is difficult for me to identify them, so I would like to leave this work for the experts.

More frigatebird photos - to be honest, I cannot identify them with confidence!

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9^# A A A Post at 26/12/2007 14:38 Show author

Common Noddy

Reef Egret

Christmas Island Goshawks

Nankeen Kestrels

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10^# A A A Post at 26/12/2007 14:41 Show author

Java Sparrows

Immature Java Sparrow

Emerald Doves

Immature Emerald Dove

Christmas Island Imperial Pigeon

Christmas Island White-eye

Island Thrush

Christmas Island Hawk-Owl

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11^# A A A Post at 26/12/2007 16:32 Show author

Great photos! What a surprising season's greeting from the Island called Christmas.

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12^# A A A Post at 26/12/2007 18:14 Show author

I agree. A real Christmas present. Great photos.

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13^# A A A Post at 27/12/2007 08:14 Show author

A great series, Cherry! 8)
Especially those flight shots ...

My thought is that you could have done much better with exposure control though. Were you shooting RAW?

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14^# A A A Post at 27/12/2007 22:18 Show author

Thanks to Bob, Alexander, Geoff and K.K..

I agree with K.K. that I should pay more attention to exposure control. Would K.K. please advise me how to improve? I was still shooting JPEG.

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15^# A A A Post at 27/12/2007 22:23 Show author

cherry, very nice pictures. thanks for sharing.

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16^# A A A Post at 28/12/2007 22:01 Show author

[quote:ec094dce25="wcherry"] ... I agree with K.K. that I should pay more attention to exposure control. Would K.K. please advise me how to improve? I was still shooting JPEG.[/quote]

Cherry,

As a start, you may want to read the article, Bird Photography - The Basics, I wrote for HKBWS Bulletin 199 (Spring 2006) on Exposure Control; it's on page 9.

Again I'd urge you to start shooting RAW as it's your Digital Negative so to speak. Every bit of info you recorded is in there! By shooting JEPG you're throwing away valuable info on the image unknowingly ...

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17^# A A A Post at 29/12/2007 23:31 Show author

Thank a lot for K.K.' s expert advice.

Thanks also for Eling's comment.

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