Blue-rumped Pitta // Pita-de-dorso-azul
(Hydrornis soror)
Cat Tien
Vietnam
It took me some time to identify and organize the 82 species from 28821 photos (meanwhile reduced to 21231) from our 2 weeks trip to Vietnam.
Now I am going to select and show here at least one photo for species, but I guess some species won't be showed because lack of quality. Let see if I have minimal quality photos to exhibit here at least 70 species.
Compared to other destinations we have already visited, 82 species may not seem very much to you, however this time we prioritized close range photos at expenses of the number of species. For that we used a total of 9 hides in 5 different habitats.
The use of hides allowed us to obtain high detail photos. However, as is well known, in tropical forests the lack of light forces us to use very low shutter speeds and very high ISOs.
I even had to use frequently ISO 12800 and a shutter speed of 1/10s. Sometimes we didn't even have enough light to allow camera auto-focus. For me the solution I found was zoom out, focus and then zoom in again.
I wanted to start with the Pittas because, a few years ago, when I saw a photo Bar-bellied Pitta for the first time, that beauty left me amazed and put Vietnam on our wish list.
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Vietname (2022) (206)
- All the photos for this order PASSERIFORMES (3553)
- All the photos for this family Pittidae (Pitídeos) (28)
- All the photos for this species Hydrornis soror (4)
- All the photos taken this day 2022/12/08 (21)
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Blue-rumped Pitta // Pita-de-dorso-azul
(Hydrornis soror)
Cat Tien
Vietnam
It took me some time to identify and organize the 82 species from 28821 photos (meanwhile reduced to 21231) from our 2 weeks trip to Vietnam.
Now I am going to select and show here at least one photo for species, but I guess some species won't be showed because lack of quality. Let see if I have minimal quality photos to exhibit here at least 70 species.
Compared to other destinations we have already visited, 82 species may not seem very much to you, however this time we prioritized close range photos at expenses of the number of species. For that we used a total of 9 hides in 5 different habitats.
The use of hides allowed us to obtain high detail photos. However, as is well known, in tropical forests the lack of light forces us to use very low shutter speeds and very high ISOs.
I even had to use frequently ISO 12800 and a shutter speed of 1/10s. Sometimes we didn't even have enough light to allow camera auto-focus. For me the solution I found was zoom out, focus and then zoom in again.
I wanted to start with the Pittas because, a few years ago, when I saw a photo Bar-bellied Pitta for the first time, that beauty left me amazed and put Vietnam on our wish list.
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Vietname (2022) (206)
- All the photos for this order PASSERIFORMES (3553)
- All the photos for this family Pittidae (Pitídeos) (28)
- All the photos for this species Hydrornis soror (4)
- All the photos taken this day 2022/12/08 (21)
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