Bird Series 7 - Streaked Spiderhunter

Streaked Spiderhunter
is a bird very cute and keep fly and back to same place

The Streaked Spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

source from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaked_Spiderhunter







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Bird Series 6 - Chestnut Crowned Laughingthrush

this guy sensitive with human, it jump here & there and will be hiding while see human :(

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The Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush (Garrulax erythrocephalus) is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

This species is sometimes[1] placed in the genus Trochalopteron.


source from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut-crowned_Laughingthrush

Bird Series 5 - Stork-Billed Kingfisher

Stork-Billed Kingfisher
The Stork-billed Kingfisher, Pelargopsis capensis (formerly Halcyon capensis), is a tree kingfisher which is widely but sparsely distributed in tropical south Asia from India and Sri Lanka to Indonesia. This kingfisher is essentially resident throughout its range.

This is a very large kingfisher, 35 cm in length. The adult has a green back, blue wings and tail, and grey head. Its underparts and neck are buff. The very large bill and legs are bright red. The flight of the Stork-billed Kingfisher is laboured and flapping, but direct. Sexes are similar. There are 15 races, mostly differing in plumage detail, but P. c. gigantea of the Sulu Islands has a white head, neck and underparts. The call of this noisy kingfisher is a low and far reaching peer-por-por repeated every 5 seconds or so as well cackling ke-ke-ke-ke-ke-ke.

Stork-billed Kingfisher is a species of a variety of well-wooded habitats near lakes, rivers or coasts. It perches quietly whilst seeking food, and is often inconspicuous despite its size. It is territorial and will chase away eagles and other large predators. This species hunts fish, frogs, crabs, rodents and young birds.

Stork-billed Kingfisher digs its nest in a river bank, decaying tree, or a tree termite nest. A clutch of two to five round white eggs is typical.

[source from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stork-billed_Kingfisher]

Difficulty to shot... Tough, very sensitive to human movement from far




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Bird Series 4 - Blue-winged Minla

Blue-winged Minla
The Blue-winged Siva (Siva cyanouroptera), also known as the Blue-winged Minla, is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It has traditionally been placed in the genus Minla instead of the monotypic Siva. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-winged_Minla

Small little and very active keep moving

MACRO PP 4 - plugin or not

This is simple simple , should I use plugin ???

Some plugin provide effect make the picture look ...

original picture with crop


PP with flood plugin



how ?

MACRO PP - 3 ? [animation]

Without PP how we see this type of animation without video camcorder ???



then Original or here

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Bird Series 3 - Collared Kingfishers

The Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) is a medium-sized kingfisher belonging to the family Halcyonidae, the tree kingfishers. It is also known as the White-collared Kingfisher or Mangrove Kingfisher. It has a wide range extending from the Red Sea across southern Asia and Australasia to Polynesia. It is a very variable species with about 50 subspecies.

The Collared Kingfisher is 22 to 29 cm long and weighs 51 to 90 grams. It varies from blue to green above while the underparts can be white or buff. There is a white collar around the neck, giving the birds its name. Some races have a white or buff stripe over the eye while others have a white spot between the eye and bill. There may be a black stripe through the eye. The large bill is black with a pale yellow base to the lower mandible.

Females tend to be greener than the males. Immature birds are duller than the adults with dark scaly markings on the neck and breast.

It has a variety of calls which vary geographically. The most typical call is loud, harsh and metallic and is repeated several times.

(from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collared_Kingfisher)

Difficulty - tough .. very sensitive bird to shot can't get close only can get it either far with longer len or hide :D