Birds from the park

[benny]

Pretty decent shots by learner, of course not comparable to benny's L lens . What's urs? EFs 18-55mm ? If that's so, I'm impressed

Cannot compared. I was slow as a tortoise whilst learner zips around and even helped with my heavy gear.

I would say that learner has some pretty good shots but heavily discounted by his monitor. Seems like the adjustment controls is spoilted and resulted in the over exposure problem we see. Also, all his images are straight out from his camera, still unsharpened. The macaw and the mandarin duck shows potential if processed properly.

I know you can get close to the birds at the bird park, but not close enough to use just a 18-55 mm for these. Even with the 1.6X crop factor.

Cheers,

[baranne]

Nice shots guys!

I know you can get close to the birds at the bird park, but not close enough to use just a 18-55 mm for these. Even with the 1.6X crop factor.

Cheers,

So I guess I would have to stick to shooting fishes, tanks and maybe the "interesting" things (damselfly, sandworms) I keep finding in my tanks then...

[benny]

very sharp pic!!! i like the 1st mandarin.. why neber chio me?

It was a splash and dash program. Was there in the morning only. Anyway, I probably covered only 15% of the place. Will be going back.

Anyone interested in morning programs? I'm only interested in the morning as the light is better. From 12 to 4, the light becomes too harsh.

Cheers,

[benny]

Yah it is a macaw.Its name is military macaw.

Thanks for the information. Even the bird park don't have signs on this. Either that, or I'm blind.

Cheers,

[Simon]

learner, your pix lack the contrast..

benny, i keen but i need a porter :P

[learner]

yupe, thanks for the comments.. newbie efforts

tested out new lens... 170-500!!! quite fun to play with.

[mervin]

tested out new lens... 170-500!!! quite fun to play with.

that a very interesting lens...

[nleong]

A lost cat in JBP?

this is a snow owl.. try shooting it in the enclosure.. its a challenge

[nleong]

benny,

the mandarin ducks are nice... but take note of the background think you can open up more on the aperture... oh, go real early on a sunny morning, you can catch the sunlight on the mandarin ducks pond good luck...

that bird looks like a painted stork, but its too well groomed, could be juvenile.

the other 2 are starling species. The yellow ones are looks like the black naped oriole we see flying around in HDB surround, but it has a black patch across its eyes, can't remenber what its exact name.. gotta dig my book.