Bee Eaters take 3

Was sick and missed some outings today. It was gonna be a boring rest day for me. Luckily some friends pop by later in the afternoon and the weather wasn't that bad so I quickly set my tripod and begin shooting. [Wuuuu pretty sharp...]




Was trying hard to try and get it in flight but I didn't set the shutter high enough. Probably wasn't thinking much due to the fever [Excuses, excuses, NOOOOOBB!!!]. So here are my failed attempts.

Dragons and Bees

Took the Bigmos out to shoot some birds but there wasn't any at that time. Saw this dragonfly on a branch and thought I'd try shooting it while waiting for the birds.


Manage to get a couple of shots of it taking off and landing. [Dunno if this fella is landing or taking off ]

Well as usual the Bee-Eaters drop by again and as usual the weather was lousy.

So did a Sterling who had just had a bath

Fella manage to catch a cockroach which I had earlier mistaken as a wasp! [Yeeeeewww that's one big roach]

Even threw the roach up and gulp it down in one go.

Blue-Tailed

Don't mind the boring background. Cloudy day. Had another go with the Bee eaters, this time on the television antenna of my neighbour house.

It spots its food flying around close by. [Nah... that insect had a death wish!]

Next thing a bee is in its mouth. [You missed the fella while it was trying to catch the bee!!!!]

Falcons

Thru the dirty window, some of the shot I manage to get of the Thunderbirds.

Moon on the 29th of August

Another shot of the moon

[AhhhhWuuuuuu] :P

Did you say macro?

Been awhile since I did some practice on macro. After close to 15 attempts, this was the best I could do. Must be losing my touch :P [Eh since when you got the touch?]

Asian Koel

Same bird that I shot in Malacca only know its proper name now as the Asian Koel.
A female one as the male is normally black. This is the bird that makes that loud Ko-el sound

Yup she sees me. Too bad I couldn't get a good angle on it.

[Yeah bad angle!! go snap some more :P]

Hazy Moon

There is no Man on the Moon

Another take at shooting the man on the moon.

[Ooi! contradicting yourself with the topic !!?]

Bird and a Fish

Slow pass few weeks. Here is one few days old and another just taken yesterday.

This was to be a low light practice shot at Aquaria

This was a test shot with aperture wide open hand held. Not too bad.

{Yawn...two only post more lar}

Aquaria 2009

Another trip to Aquaria AT KLCC

Nemo

Nemo Evil Twin

Nemo and Dorey

Did you know male seahorses get pregnant?

Shrimp?[You don't know what to write about this time do you? ...Look its Nemo.....oh look his evil twin....so lame :P ]

Photos from week 23

Another Green Pigeon or probably the same one from the last photo.

One of the local squirrel with long sharp nose. The powdery stuff on its nose is from the Chiku fruits

Another squirrel but with a flat nose {how come never use powder like the previous one :P}

Sterling giving me the eye

Male Olived-backed Sunbird {Eh since when you know to identify male from female!!?}

{Wah title also change to put week number some more!! :P}

Bird shots for this week

The ever common Yellow Vented Bulbul

Here's another bird you don't see too often. It's a Spectacled Spiderhunter (Wahhh how you know the name? :P) and it's a protected species here. (See that's why its sticking its tongue at you :P)

The Mystery Bird

Well here's the little fella. It's a Blue-Crowned Hanging Parrot.

Looking all nice for the camera.

Shy fella going for the fruits

See the blue feathers at the top of its head?. That's why it's called the Blue-crowned hanging parrot. {Ohhhhhh :P}

The Chiku (& Mango) Tree

Some of the birds found on my Chiku Tree.

Olived-backed Sunbird

Yellow Vented Bulbul

Common Myna

Pink-necked Green Pigeon

Been sometime since I've seen this bird on the tree but never really got a good looked at it. Finally got a shot of it. Wanna know what bird is it? Stay Tuned. {Lousy photo!! can't even see its face and ask to stay tune. Show lah!! :P}

Meet the King

Took a drive down to Penang last Friday (16th May 2009) and stop by a rest area. Had another chance to use my new lens to shoot this White Collared Kingfisher when divemuster spotted it at the place we were parked. A little soft but still pretty good since they were taken hand held. Just needs more practise.

Back view of the fella

Front view of the fella

View of the fella with a lizard which it magically cought in mid-air. Don't ask me how, we just saw it flew and next we know the little fella was in its beak.


The sun was at the back of the kingfisher so I over exposed the shot +2 to try and get these two photos.


Here is one at 100% crop.
{You know its lucky it was a lizard. Imagine if it was a praying mantis! Then there would really be something to laugh about [right mogs] :P }

Photo Crop

Well here is the crop of the plane from the original photo in my earlier post. {Not too bad right?}

Show must go on

Been awhile since I've posted. Back with my backup camera. Just did a quick test with a new lens I've recently acquired. This sterling was shot hand held about 10 meters from subject. So far I'm pleased with the result. No crop as is, just remove noise and a little USM.


Taken from a couple of miles away. Probably can't see the plane details in this picture since I've re sized it. Will post a crop of it later

Taken without zoom.