HKBWS BBS ­» ´ä Æ[ ³¾ ·| ·s »D ²Õ    Discussion Area °Q½×°Ï    Photo Gallery ¬Û¤ù¤À¨É I (Moderators: Kwok Jai, Forrest FONG, George_Ho, BBS Moderators, carmen)    Common Kingfishers ´¶³q»A³¾ Lamma Island «n¤X®q « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1 2  Reply Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Common Kingfishers ´¶³q»A³¾ Lamma Island «n¤X®q  (Read 2195 times) anonymous_guy2 BBS Member BBS God I love bird watching!     Gender: Posts: 209 Common Kingfishers ´¶³q»A³¾ Lamma Island «n¤X®q « on: Aug 24th, 2005, 7:18am » Quote Modify Common Kingfisher Alceda atthis ´¶³q»A³¾   http://lamma.hk/image_files/birds/NSN-AGuy_04126 Nikon D70 wNikkor 80-200mm F/2.8 D 21/8/2005 06:26:50 Lamma Island «n¤X®q 1/20 sec - F/5.6 Exposure Comp.: -2.0 EV Sensitivity: ISO 200 « Last Edit: Aug 28th, 2005, 7:01pm by Forrest FONG » Logged Your inability to tolerate my ambiguity is compounding your neurosis Hendrix BBS Member BBS God I love wings!     Gender: Posts: 1001 Re: Kingfishers on Lamma Island »A³¾ « Reply #1 on: Aug 24th, 2005, 11:00am » Quote Modify 200mm   so close   Logged www.look.hk welcome you anonymous_guy2 BBS Member BBS God I love bird watching!     Gender: Posts: 209 Re: Kingfishers on Lamma Island »A³¾ « Reply #2 on: Aug 24th, 2005, 12:56pm » Quote Modify on Aug 24th, 2005, 11:00am, Hendrix wrote: 200mm   so close     Was close - had to move back 1" coz was at minumim focus - managed to get 6 shots off before he flew off - will be posting others later Logged Your inability to tolerate my ambiguity is compounding your neurosis Daniel CK Chan BBS Member BBS God I love nature photography!     Gender: Posts: 794 Re: Kingfishers on Lamma Island »A³¾ « Reply #3 on: Aug 24th, 2005, 1:49pm » Quote Modify A very nice shot with well composition.  I prefer a bit brighter.     Believe that u should have well camouflaged to shoot with 200mm, am I right? Logged Daniel CK Chan http://www.danielckchan.com anonymous_guy2 BBS Member BBS God I love bird watching!     Gender: Posts: 209 Re: Kingfishers on Lamma Island »A³¾ « Reply #4 on: Aug 24th, 2005, 2:19pm » Quote Modify Thanks Daniel - was early morning Sunday when light was very bad & I stupidly didn't use flash.   Hide - I am embarrassed  - was a purple coloured tent..... but have modified it now & should be a little less conspicuous   Will have another try this weekend.... maybe closer Logged Your inability to tolerate my ambiguity is compounding your neurosis Daniel CK Chan BBS Member BBS God I love nature photography!     Gender: Posts: 794 Re: Kingfishers on Lamma Island »A³¾ « Reply #5 on: Aug 24th, 2005, 9:14pm » Quote Modify on Aug 24th, 2005, 2:19pm, anonymous_guy2 wrote: Thanks Daniel - was early morning Sunday when light was very bad & I stupidly didn't use flash.   Hide - I am embarrassed  - was a purple coloured tent..... but have modified it now & should be a little less conspicuous   Will have another try this weekend.... maybe closer   Oh even closer?! Then bring the Nikkor 105 or 200 microlens or a extension tube la..... Logged Daniel CK Chan http://www.danielckchan.com anonymous_guy2 BBS Member BBS God I love bird watching!     Gender: Posts: 209 Re: Kingfishers on Lamma Island »A³¾ « Reply #6 on: Aug 28th, 2005, 5:42pm » Quote Modify Didn't get closer but here's a White-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) taken 27/08/05 with D70s & Nikkor 80-200mm Logged Your inability to tolerate my ambiguity is compounding your neurosis Forrest FONG BBS Administrator I love Bird Watching!     Gender: Posts: 1123 Re: Common Kingfishers ´¶³q»A³¾ Lamma Island «n¤X? size= « Reply #7 on: Aug 28th, 2005, 7:11pm » Quote Modify Hi anonymous_guy2,   Thank you for posting your gorgeous photos into the BBS and sharing with us.   However, could you please mention the information of your photos in the format as requested in the message below:- http://www.hkbws.org.hk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=PhotoGallery;action=d isplay;num=1057939115   Please also observe that so as to facilitate the searching of photos & the reorganization of them in the future, each thread only allow one bird species to be posted.   Thank you for your cooperation.   Forrest « Last Edit: Aug 28th, 2005, 7:22pm by Forrest FONG » Logged FF anonymous_guy2 BBS Member BBS God I love bird watching!     Gender: Posts: 209 Re: Common Kingfishers ´¶³q»A³¾ Lamma Island «n¤X® « Reply #8 on: Aug 30th, 2005, 9:27am » Quote Modify Oops   I'll repost - apologies Logged Your inability to tolerate my ambiguity is compounding your neurosis Owlet-nightjar BBS Member BBS God Hoo-o...chweep!     Posts: 141 Re: Kingfishers on Lamma Island »A³¾ « Reply #9 on: Aug 31st, 2005, 4:00pm » Quote Modify on Aug 28th, 2005, 5:42pm, anonymous_guy2 wrote: Didn't get closer but here's a White-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) taken 27/08/05 with D70s & Nikkor 80-200mm     That's close enough to me! I can see some fine scaly lines on the breast.   Logged Hoo-o.....Hoo-0 anonymous_guy2 BBS Member BBS God I love bird watching!     Gender: Posts: 209 Re: Common Kingfishers ´¶³q»A³¾ Lamma Island «n¤X® « Reply #10 on: Sep 12th, 2005, 10:36pm » Quote Modify   Lamma Island 11/09/2005 D70s w/Nikkor 80-200m « Last Edit: Sep 12th, 2005, 10:38pm by anonymous_guy2 » Logged Your inability to tolerate my ambiguity is compounding your neurosis raycheng BBS Member BBS God I love bird watching!     Posts: 154 Re: Common Kingfishers ´¶³q»A³¾ Lamma Island «n¤X® « Reply #11 on: Sep 12th, 2005, 10:53pm » Quote Modify so......close!!! Good shots!! Logged My gallery: http://www.pbase.com/ray526 MaC_siu_kit BBS Member BBS God I want 500mm  :( :)))     Gender: Posts: 119 Re: Common Kingfishers ´¶³q»A³¾ Lamma Island «n¤X® « Reply #12 on: Sep 12th, 2005, 11:10pm » Quote Modify ¦nè°ªº»A¡I Logged Webcreeper BBS Member BBS God I'm a webcreeper     Gender: Posts: 1031 Re: Kingfishers on Lamma Island »A³¾ « Reply #13 on: Sep 12th, 2005, 11:24pm » Quote Modify on Aug 31st, 2005, 4:00pm, Owlet-nightjar wrote:   That's close enough to me! I can see some fine scaly lines on the breast.     Scaly breast and yellow bill tip - it was probably born this year. That explains why it's so tame. Logged ¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@>}o-}o-¡@¡@¡@>}o-¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@>}o-¡@¡@¡@¡@.......x anonymous_guy2 BBS Member BBS God I love bird watching!     Gender: Posts: 209 Re: Kingfishers on Lamma Island »A³¾ « Reply #14 on: Sep 12th, 2005, 11:31pm » Quote Modify on Sep 12th, 2005, 11:24pm, Webcreeper wrote:   Scaly breast and yellow bill tip - it was probably born this year. That explains why it's so tame.   Got a pic of him which I'll show in another thread from about 1 month ago, when I would guess he was only a week out of the nest. This pic was about 2 weeks out (I guess). Have another pic from Saturday, when I guess he is only about 4 weeks out of the nest.   Hope you like them when I get around to posting them Logged Your inability to tolerate my ambiguity is compounding your neurosis Pages: 1 2  Reply Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- Announcement ²°T³q§i -----------------------------  - Membership Affair ·|­û¨Æ°È   - Outings / Activities ¤á¥~¬¡°Ê / Á¿®y   - Projects ¶µ¥Ø­p¹º   - Crested Bulbul Club ¬õ¦Õóí­Ñ¼Ö³¡ ----------------------------- Discussion Area °Q½×°Ï -----------------------------  - General ¤@¯ë°ÝÃD   - Conservation ¦ÛµM«O¨|   - Bird Identification ³¾Ãþ¿ëÃÑ   - Birding Reports & Tips Æ[³¾³ø§i¤Î¤ß±o => Photo Gallery ¬Û¤ù¤À¨É I   - Photo Gallery ¬Û¤ù¤À¨É II ----------------------------- Special Topics ¯S§O¥DÃD -----------------------------  - Wild Birds & Avian Flu ³¥³¾»P¸V¬y·P   - Sustainable Management Scheme in Long Valley Üñ­ì¥i«ùÄò¥ÍºAºÞ²z­p¹º   - Black-faced Spoonbill ¶ÂÁyµ\ÆO   - Goodbye Penfold §i§O´^ºÖ   - Tern Conservation ¿PÅëO¨|   - Black-eared Kite »ð(³ÂÆN)   - Swifts and Swallows ¿P»P«B¿P   - China Birdwatching Network ¤¤°êÆ[³¾¬¡°Êºôµ¸   - Winter Altas Survey ¥V©u³¾Ãþ´¶¬d   - Nature Conservation Policy ¦ÛµM«O¨|¬Fµ¦ ----------------------------- Knowledge Sharing ª¾ÃѤÀ¨É -----------------------------  - FAQ ±`¨£°ÝÃD   - Archive ¸ê®Æ­«·Å « Previous topic | Next topic »

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