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(Message started by: Griffin on Apr 14th, 2004, 12:03am)
Title: Tai Po Kau 10th April ¥|¤ë¤Q¤éªº¤j®HÞ]
Post by Griffin on Apr 14th, 2004, 12:03am
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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. ::)

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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)  >:(

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After two hours of "failures", I found a bird feed on branch. Based on my "shoot first, id later" doctrine, I have taken this:

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http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/griffin/griffinbwminla01.jpg

Âůͧơ]¬Ü³¾¡^¡IBlue-winged Minla (Minla cyanouroptera) !

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It was a fast and sneakly bird last winter and now I could finally see it in "full"! :D (You should realize from above photo, the problems I mentioned still persists.)

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At another "hot spot", I see two after a while! :o

http://www.pbase.com/image/27912732.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/griffin/griffinbwminla02.jpg

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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
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/griffin/griffinbwminla03.jpg


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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
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/griffin/griffinbwminla04.jpg

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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.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/griffin/griffinbyctit01.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/image/27912736.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/griffin/griffinbyctit02.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/image/27912738.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/griffin/griffinbyctit03.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/image/27912740.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/griffin/griffinbyctit04.jpg

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After it flew, I came across another blue minla:

http://www.pbase.com/image/27912743.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/griffin/griffinbwminla05.jpg

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Then, I had a funny feeling, were these guys "on sale"? ??? ::)

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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. :-X

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All above are taken by EOS 10D, EF300mm f/2.8 L USM + EF2x II.

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Sorry for such encounter already makes a newbie like me so "exciting".

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Thanks for viewing. :)


Griffin.
Title: Re: Tai Po Kau 10th April ¥|¤ë¤Q¤éªº¤j®HÞ]
Post by cywong on Apr 14th, 2004, 12:27am
The 3rd one and the 5th one are lovely.
Title: Re: Tai Po Kau 10th April ¥|¤ë¤Q¤éªº¤j®HÞ]
Post by Daniel CK Chan on Apr 14th, 2004, 12:36am
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.

Regards
Daniel
Title: Re: Tai Po Kau 10th April ¥|¤ë¤Q¤éªº¤j®HÞ]
Post by Owen on Apr 14th, 2004, 12:43am
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~!!
Title: Re: Tai Po Kau 10th April ¥|¤ë¤Q¤éªº¤j®HÞ]
Post by KK Hui on Apr 14th, 2004, 8:45am
Enjoyed reading your wonderful short essay, Griffin!  ;D ::) ;D

Given the conditions you were in, these shots are not bad at all. Keep up with the good work ...

KK Hui ARPS
www.geocities.com/kkhui_001
Title: Re: Tai Po Kau 10th April ¥|¤ë¤Q¤éªº¤j®HÞ]
Post by carmen on Apr 14th, 2004, 9:53am
The Yellow-cheeked Tit is cute. ::)
Title: Re: Tai Po Kau 10th April ¥|¤ë¤Q¤éªº¤j®HÞ]
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