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Wah! I like the colour of this bird!!! Never seen it before.
Managed to get a snap shot of this high canpoies forest bird.
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Wah! I like the colour of this bird!!! Never seen it before.
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Hey Mervin, your photo shoot is uncovering more and more birds species that we've ever seen before! Great job!
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Another great shot Mervin, can I check with you why the focus at the lower right side of the picture is fading off?
Something about the water & the fishes that calms me down.
Thanks guys, hope to share more.
Originally Posted by michael lai
its blurry cos there were some vegetation blocking the tail.
was shooting through a small opening in the caponies.
these fellas are very rarely seen cos they are very few and high canpoies forest birds, its my lucky day !
from what i know there are plenty in the forest of W.Malaysia but not sure about EAST.
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MErvin.. Thats a GREAT FIND!! very nice bird.. i love its eyes and how they contrast with the black on the face..
Just for some of the less-birdy folks out there.. blue colour in bird feathers aren't actually a TRUE colour.
what u mean ?
that the colour i saw leh
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Eh... you really bird watcher a not??
Blue feathers aren't really blue.. they look blue but there is not even one bird on earth that has a "true" blue feather on its body..
what i mean "true" colour is that it is pigmented blue. Basically meaning that when light hits it.. its the pigments inside the feather that is reflecting the colour into our eyes. Blue feathers (even the very nice blues) are really pigmented black or grey... they have zero blue pigment in them. so how do they appear blue? well.. its the way the feathers are built..
On a molecular level, the feathers have structures like little deformed prisms.. these take the light that hits it and when it re-emerges.. only emits the colour blue.. so in this case.. it can look blue but its base colour (the pigmented) colour isn't really blue...the colour you see is due to the feathers molecular structure.
If you take a blue feather..like a peacocks and put it between a light and your eye you'll see that its black/grey.
This prism theory is the same for some insects as well.. actually for many insects.
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I think the same applies to the blue stripe in cardinals and neons.
Mervin,
May I know where was the bird shot? They are suppose to be found in Bukit Timah nature reserve but so far not able to see one. Can go to the Birdpark for a easier view of these jungle juwels.
never claim to be one.
anyway thank you for your explainationa and interesting write up.
Mervin,
May I know where was the bird shot? They are suppose to be found in Bukit Timah nature reserve but so far not able to see one. Can go to the Birdpark for a easier view of these jungle juwels
they are indeed found in BTNR and quite lot of other places.
seen them at Simi forest and central catchments areas.
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