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[garyk]

Been here for 2 years now and am into wildlife photography. Mainly birds.
Just wondering if anyone here is into wildlife photography,,,, not the two legged kind.   well maybe.LOL
If so let me know if you have any shots and where. I am a farang here traveling and birding.

Web page: www.flickr.com/photos/avianphotos

[ricku]

Hello Garyk. Nice photo!

I am a photographer, but I'm not into bird or wildlife photography.

However, I'd like to ask you a quick question. Have you seen any humming birds here in Thailand?

[BangkokImages]

There's a lot here in the way of birds to photograph.  Beung Boraphet is a great outing if you haven't been there yet.

[angiud]

Hy Gary, as you know, I'm mostly a macro enthusiast, although owner of a Sigma 150-500 mm. But my first love are the butterflies, as you can see here  


Koh Phangan Butterflies - Poster 2012

Edited by angiud, 2011-12-23 07:10:00.

[p_brownstone]

ricku, on 2011-12-23 01:40:15, said:

Hello Garyk. Nice photo!

I am a photographer, but I'm not into bird or wildlife photography.

However, I'd like to ask you a quick question. Have you seen any humming birds here in Thailand?

There are no Hummingbirds in Thailand.

Many people confuse the various local species of Sunbirds with Hummingbrds however.

Patrick

[angiud]

Sunbird:


Sunbird on a mangrove tree

[MRToMRT]

For info on birding I would suggest Nick Uption's Thaibriding.com and for Wildlife, Paul Whitehead's Wildlifethailand.com. there's a whole bunch of links on Paul's site for other Thai wildlife related sites.

[MRToMRT]

MRToMRT, on 2011-12-23 12:15:04, said:

For info on birding I would suggest Nick Uption's Thaibriding.com and for Wildlife, Paul Whitehead's Wildlifethailand.com. there's a whole bunch of links on Paul's site for other Thai wildlife related sites.

Sorry a typo - Thaibirding.com

Edited by MRToMRT, 2011-12-23 13:12:00.

[spr&q]

Ah, so that was a sunbird that used to come onto my balcony and to hover pecking at the sitting-room window for some unknown reason... In the middle of Bangkok... Happened many times for a few months.

[Geekfreaklover]

A flower-pecker perhaps.

[p_brownstone]

Geekfreaklover, on 2011-12-25 15:06:10, said:

A flower-pecker perhaps.

It would almost certainly be a Sunbird; these birds bills are specifically designed (long and curved) to push deep into the flowers nectary as they hover at the entrance to the bloom to feed on the nectar or insects.

Flowerpeckers have shorter, stubbier bills, again designed for their own species' particular feeding method which is to break through the Sepal at the base of the flower - from the outside - and access the nectary that way. Hence of course the name Flowerpecker.

Patrick

[peterquixote]

fabulous photos, thank you so much. I was impressed by the difficulty of dynamic range. This little Sony Nex 5 I have has a dynamic range corrector, and it works quite well. But no telephoto lens though.

[Tywais]

Since there is a topic on birds thought I would throw one in.  This is just a test of my new GH2 and 100-300 mm (200-600 35mm equivalent) Lumix lens and just a regular bird.  About 25-30 meters away.  I cropped out about 60% just to get an idea of sharpness with the lens and 16Mpixels sensor.  Rather basic shot compared to the others posted here.  Enough though that I now want to pursue this more.

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This is the uncropped version, just scaled down:

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[BangkokImages]

Tywais, on 2011-12-30 23:28:53, said:

Enough though that I now want to pursue this more.

I shot professionally for years before going on my first bird outing.. I quickly learned I wasn't appreciating the level of difficulty these guys must elevate their shooting to, to get great bird images.   Birding brings everything together, equipment selection, exposure, composition, AF, and more.. and it makes you respond quickly.  An outing with die hard birders can also leave you feeling a bit inadequate with your tiny 300mm F2.8L IS..  Very challenging to say the least.

[Kan Win]

Anyone know the name fo this one?

Edited by Kan Win, 2012-01-03 17:38:27.

[angiud]

Upupa (Upupa epops)

[katana]

Kan Win, on 2012-01-03 17:35:03, said:

Anyone know the name fo this one?

Road Runner's cousin lol

[VerbalKint]

Hoopoe

[fabianfred]

anyone know what? .....fromDoi intanon district

[p_brownstone]

That's a Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis.

Patrick

[Tywais]

I can't match you guys and don't know how you can get such closeup shots.  Below I took today with my 100-300 (200-600 35mm equiv) set at 300 (600mm) and this guy is out my backdoor but a couple of hundred meters away.  The nice feature is the mirror reflection in the water.  There is a 2nd smaller bird in the front left and also mirror reflection in the water.  The image is cropped about 50% and scaled down to fit.

[Kan Win]

Hi Tywais,

I used me 100-300mm to get the photo that I posted, however was much closer than "few hundred meters away", more like 10 to 20 meters away.

Win

Tywais, on 2012-01-08 20:38:37, said:

I can't match you guys and don't know how you can get such closeup shots.  Below I took today with my 100-300 (200-600 35mm equiv) set at 300 (600mm) and this guy is out my backdoor but a couple of hundred meters away.  The nice feature is the mirror reflection in the water.  There is a 2nd smaller bird in the front left and also mirror reflection in the water.  The image is cropped about 50% and scaled down to fit.

[Kan Win]

VerbalKint, on 2012-01-04 08:44:35, said:

Hoopoe

Thank you. Correct.

Win

[Kan Win]

Kan Win, on 2012-01-09 19:17:22, said:

Hi Tywais,

I used me 100-300mm to get the photo that I posted, however was much closer than "few hundred meters away", more like 10 to 20 meters away.

Win

At the same time I got this one also both where in a battle for this ones nest.



Win

Edited by Kan Win, 2012-01-09 19:24:20.

[VerbalKint]

Khao Yai Jan 2012
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