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Tai Po Kau 10th April 四月十日的大埔滘
« on: Apr 14th, 2004, 12:03am » |
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四月十日，先陰後晴。 可能沒吃早餐的關係，又或者大埔滘的春天的枝葉也太茂盛（請繼續茂盛下去）  拍攝時人總覺有點兒『發瘟』。 
10th April, it was cloudy at first with peroids of sunshine. May be I missed my breakfast or it is spring and prosper in Tai Po Kau (please keep it so ) It was not exactly a smooth day for me.
如常地到那幾個地點踫踫運氣，不是給枝葉擋住無法對焦，或是有物件太近令前景 有大光斑一塊，就是目標老遠已被嚇『跑』，更出現過閃燈中途無電（幸好總有後 備電池）。 
As I wandered around the usual locations for birds. Well, there were actually quite many, but either they were behind leaves/branches to defeat my autofocus, or there were objects in front and blew the highlights, or they "ran" well before I could accquire. There were even once my flash went out of power. (Luckily, I always had a set of replacement batteries)
經過差不多兩小時的『失敗』，偶然看到樹上有一鳥在吃東西，先拍再算：
After two hours of "failures", I found a bird feed on branch. Based on my "shoot first, id later" doctrine, I have taken this:
http://www.pbase.com/image/27912731.jpg
藍翅希（眉鳥）！Blue-winged Minla (Minla cyanouroptera) !
冬天時一再『神龍見首不見尾』的傢伙，今天終於能一睹其風彩啦！  （不過相信看倌們也留意到剛說過的問題，仍然發生。 ）
It was a fast and sneakly bird last winter and now I could finally see it in "full"! (You should realize from above photo, the problems I mentioned still persists.)
到了另一處『熱點』，待了好一會竟現了兩隻！ 
At another "hot spot", I see two after a while!
http://www.pbase.com/image/27912732.jpg
可能一邊嬉戲一邊覓食，它們根本未察覺我（和那可怕的閃燈）的存在。 好！來 一張近的！
May be too busy engaged in playing and feeding, they simply ignored my presense (with my scary flash!). Okay, have a close shot!
http://www.pbase.com/image/27912747.jpg
不久後正回到入口途中，遇上了今天第一個（也是最後一個）『鳥浪』，由這個喝水的藍翅開始：
After that, on my way back to the entrance, I came across my first (and also my last) "bird wave" of the day. It all started when I saw this drinking blue-winged minla:
http://www.pbase.com/image/27912734.jpg
緊接著，我發覺正前方四米左右，有兩隻黃頰山雀 Yellow-cheeked Tit (Parus spilonotus (rex))！一隻很快地飛走了，留下一隻正趕緊地吃種子（？）：
Next, I found two Yellow-cheeked Tit (Parus spilonotus (rex)) within four meters right in front of me! One flew quickly leaving the other busy feeding on a seed (?):
http://www.pbase.com/image/27831530.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/image/27912736.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/image/27912738.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/image/27912740.jpg
它也飛了之後，再度遇上一隻藍翅：
After it flew, I came across another blue minla:
http://www.pbase.com/image/27912743.jpg
這時我有一個怪念頭，它們在搞『大減價』嗎？ 
Then, I had a funny feeling, were these guys "on sale"?
其實，那天參與『大減價』還包括栗背短腳鵯和太陽鳥，可惜拍出來比以上還要劣 ，貼不上來。 
Actually, I saw quite a lot of Chestnut Bulbuls and Fork-tailed Sunbirds joining this exciting "sale", but the photographs of them are even worse so I would rather give them a pass.
以上都是以EOS 10D, EF300mm f/2.8 L USM + EF2x II來拍攝的。
All above are taken by EOS 10D, EF300mm f/2.8 L USM + EF2x II.
對於我這個『新丁』來說，這些已是十分『興奮』的偶遇！抱歉。
Sorry for such encounter already makes a newbie like me so "exciting".
謝謝觀看。 
Thanks for viewing.
Griffin.
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Re: Tai Po Kau 10th April 四月十日的大埔滘
« Reply #1 on: Apr 14th, 2004, 12:27am » |
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The 3rd one and the 5th one are lovely.
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Thank you for sharing the joy of bird-watching.
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Re: Tai Po Kau 10th April 四月十日的大埔滘
« Reply #2 on: Apr 14th, 2004, 12:36am » |
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Griffin,
Happy to know that your wonderful experience in TPK and knowing that it is quite hard to take bird photos over there. I would suggest you to detach or use 1.4X next time if having another close up experience.
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Re: Tai Po Kau 10th April 四月十日的大埔滘
« Reply #3 on: Apr 14th, 2004, 12:43am » |
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u are lucky, I'd been there many times just want to take photo of Yellow-cheeked Tit but still can't see him yet.. very good~!!
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Re: Tai Po Kau 10th April 四月十日的大埔滘
« Reply #4 on: Apr 14th, 2004, 8:45am » |
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Enjoyed reading your wonderful short essay, Griffin! 
Given the conditions you were in, these shots are not bad at all. Keep up with the good work ...
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Re: Tai Po Kau 10th April 四月十日的大埔滘
« Reply #5 on: Apr 14th, 2004, 9:53am » |
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The Yellow-cheeked Tit is cute.
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Re: Tai Po Kau 10th April 四月十日的大埔滘
« Reply #6 on: Jun 7th, 2004, 5:01am » |
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嘩...好正丫, d 雀咁細, 仲要係有咁多葉既樹上面, 咁都比你搵到, 勁丫。
原來除左紅耳鵯之外, 仲有上面個隻, 叫 咩 話, 都有個咁靚既髮型喎 
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