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I tried to shoot Jpeg without edit photo for a few weeks.. if I am happy with the result I will continue to shoot jpeg. The Sony a9ii has sensor's back-illuminated design also affords high sensitivity to an extended ISO 204800 with reduced noise for clean image quality in a variety of lighting conditions.
As I was photographing the deer in the center the others showed up one by one. Yes I was a little excited.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide 2nd Edition with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The white-winged tern, or white-winged black tern (Chlidonias leucopterus or Chlidonias leucoptera), is a species of tern in the family Laridae. It is a small species generally found in or near bodies of fresh water across much of the world, including Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
Adult birds in summer have short red legs and a short black bill (small and stubby, measuring 22–25 mm from the feathers, decidedly shorter than the head), a black neck (often with a pale gray back) and belly, very dark grey back, with a white rump and light grey (almost white) tail, which often looks 'square' in juveniles. The face is tinged yellowish. The wings, as the name implies, are mainly white. The inner wing is grayish with brown-tipped coverts.
Their breeding habitat is freshwater marshes across from southeast Europe to Central Asia and the Russian Far East. In winter, they migrate to Africa, southern Asia and Australia. (wikipedia)
The White-winged Tern (WWT) is a rare marsh tern in Ireland, with only one record every year or so. This adult summer bird was found on a seawatch from Dalkey, Co. Dublin by Noel Keogh, and later that morning further north at Swords Estuary by Victor Caschera. WWT is a very rare bird for Dublin.
.....under the azure sky.
San Gimignano, Siena, Italy.
Taken with the 10.2mp Nikon D60, refreshed from JPEG with my latest post processing workflow, for nostalgia. Loved the series of shots I took at this location, this one as I was making my way to the medieval town center in the late afternoon hence the sun was low, peeping through from above the roofs on the left side thus partially illuminating the buildings on the right and the bell tower ahead. Regrettably I did not shoot RAW back then.
I've always loved the colors coming from this humble camera with CCD sensor. Personally Nikon dropped the ball when they 1st moved from CCD sensors to CMOS, never warmed up to the colors from my subsequent D7000 and sold it after a brief ownership. This mostly boils down to different color filter arrays being used when Nikon shifted from CCD to CMOS. Modern CMOS sensors are usually optimized for high ISO and high resolution (instead of color) which is typically what the market wants.
Newest is not universally the greatest as shills will like us to believe.
Gear forums can be a good place for learning but it is such a minefield for beginners these days as forums get infiltrated with insufferable fanboi shills.
You get Nikon shills proclaiming that the Nikon Z7ii autofocus is at least as good as the A9ii which has a stacked sensor! This was coming from a fanboi shill who shot mostly landscape and hardly anything else that moves even moderately. It's like saying the Toyota 7-seater MPV is as fast as a Ferrari just because the driver never drove the Ferrari beyond 1st gear!
For beginners, best way to protect ourselves when we peruse gear forums is to look at the uploaded photos from forum participants. Oftentimes the quality of the photos and their seemingly expert proclamations do not match! Way too much "hot air" in gear forums! Fanboi shills typically only worship their preferred brand like totems with a severe lack of ability to say anything good about competing brands. After a while it’s not difficult to identify the shills from the truly skilled, honest hobbyists whom we can learn from.
Name: Chestnut-capped laughingthrush
Scientific: Garrulax mitratus
Malay: Kekicau-riang Mata Putih / Rimba Genting
Family: Leiothrichidae
IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2017): Near Threatened
Gear: SONY a9II + SEL200600G.
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Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide 2nd Edition with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The Eurasian Magpie or common magpie (Pica pica) is a resident breeding bird throughout Europe, much of Asia and northwest Africa. It is one of several birds in the crow family designated magpies, and belongs to the Holarctic radiation of "monochrome" magpies. In Europe, "magpie" is used by English speakers as a synonym for the European magpie: the only other magpie in Europe is the Iberian magpie (Cyanopica cooki), which is limited to the Iberian peninsula.
The Eurasian magpie is one of the most intelligent birds, and it is believed to be one of the most intelligent of all animals. The expansion of its nidopallium is approximately the same in its relative size as the brain of chimpanzees, orangutans and humans.
The gradual clinal variation over the large geographic range and the intergradation of the different races means that the geographical limits and acceptance of the various subspecies varies between authorities. The International Ornithological Congress recognise ten subspecies.
The range of the magpie extends across temperate Eurasia from Spain and Ireland in the west to the Kamchatka Peninsula and Taiwan in the east. There are also populations in northwest Africa and on Mediterranean islands. The species has been introduced in Japan on the island of Kyushu.The Eurasian magpie has an extremely large range. The European population is estimated to be between 7.5 and 19 million breeding pairs. Allowing for the birds breeding in other continents, the total population is estimated to be between 46 and 228 million individuals. The population trend in Europe has been stable since 1980. There is no evidence of any serious overall decline in numbers, so the species is classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being of Least Concern. (wikipedia)
Taken in the Griffith Park Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide 2nd Edition with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The common grasshopper warbler or just grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia) is a species of Old World warbler in the genus Locustella. It breeds across much of temperate Europe and the western Palearctic. It is migratory, wintering across northern tropical Africa just south of the Sahara, and also locally in India.
This small passerine bird is found in dense grassland vegetation, often close to water, and usually with a few small scattered shrubs. The adult has a streaked brown back and whitish grey underparts which are unstreaked except on the undertail coverts. The sexes are identical, as with most warblers, but young birds are yellower below. Like most warblers, it is insectivorous.
This is a species which skulks in the undergrowth, creeping through bushes and low foliage, and which is very difficult to see except when singing from a prominent position. The song, which gives this species its name, is a mechanical grasshopper-like reeling, often given at dawn or dusk. (wikipedia)
This individual was photographed along the Wexford coast at Cahore. It appeared to be fresh in. A real sign of the beginning of Spring.
No baiting, no workshops, no captive. These Ospreys live here in the Bay Area year round. Some people asked me, do I bait?
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide 2nd Edition with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The Common Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, also known as Eurasian Kingfisher or River Kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter. This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. It feeds mainly on fish, caught by diving, and has special visual adaptions to enable it to see prey under water. There are seven subspecies differing in the hue of the upperparts and the intensity of the rufous colour of the underparts; size varies across the subspecies by up to 10%.
Only a quarter of the young survive to breed the following year, but this is enough to maintain the population. Likewise, only a quarter of adult birds survive from one breeding season to the next. Very few birds live longer than one breeding season. This is in part due to cold winters, predators such as rats and mink, and fledged young drowning during their first forays as the king of fishers. (wikipedia)
A stunning bird which I always enjoy seeing. This male (lower mandible is black, while it is orange on female) was fishing along a small stretch of the River Tolka near Dublin city, deep in the riverside bushes. Branches everywhere (and in the most horrible of light) make it difficult to get a clean image of the bird, but happy to see one at close quarters nonetheless.
Name: Black-throated sunbird (male)
Scientific: Aethopyga saturata
Malay: Kelicap Gunung / Kelicap Tekak Hitam
Family: Nectariniidae
IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern
Gear: SONY a9II + SEL200600G.
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If I don't have Sony a9ii and 600mm f4.0GM. I would choose this setup Canon 1DX3 plus Canon 600mm f4.0iii.
Name: Crimson-winged woodpecker (male)
Scientific: Picus puniceus
Malay: Belatuk Emas / Belatuk Sayap Merah
Family: Picidae
IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern
Gear: SONY a9II + SEL200600G + SEL14TC.
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Copyright © 2020 Nur Ismail Photography. All rights reserved. Do not use or reproduce these images on websites, blogs or publications without expressed written permission from the photographer.
For any enquiries, please visit my website: www.nurismailphotography.com or email at nismailm@gmail.com.
This was a big lunch for a Broad-billed Motmot!
It was interesting to watch it perching for a while on a nice mossy branch.
These birds have superb eyesight and they can spot their prey from a long distance.
The cicada was at least 10 meters away from the bird, then it flew to catch it and returned to its perch to eat it in front of me while I was taking lots of shots, this being one of the series.
Image taken with Sony A9II and Canon 600f/4.
Roe doe
One of the advantages of a silent shutter , she never heard a thing , 350 images later with her and her two kids and she still was completely unaware of me sitting in the field some 30 metres away. An enjoyable early start at sunrise .
Sony A9II +200-600mm @ 600mm 1/160 f6.3 iso 2000 uncropped
Name: Common flameback woodpecker (male)
Scientific: Dinopium javanense
Malay: Belatok Pinang Muda / Belatok Emas
Family: Picidae
IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern
Gear: SONY a9II + SEL600F40GM + SEL14TC.
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Copyright © 2021 Nur Ismail Photography. All rights reserved. Do not use or reproduce these images on websites, blogs or publications without expressed written permission from the photographer.
For any enquiries, please visit my website: www.nurismailphotography.com or email at nismailm@gmail.com.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide 2nd Edition with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) is a small species of passerine bird that breeds in western Europe on rocky coasts. It has streaked greyish-brown upperparts and buff underparts, and is similar in appearance to other European pipits. There are three subspecies, of which only the Fennoscandian form is migratory, wintering in shoreline habitats further south in Europe. The Eurasian rock pipit is territorial at least in the breeding season, and year-round where it is resident. Males will sometimes enter an adjacent territory to assist the resident in repelling an intruder.
Its population is large and stable, and it is therefore evaluated as a species of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
The Rock Pipit is closely related to the Water Pipit and the Meadow Pipit, and is rather similar in appearance. Compared to the meadow pipit, the rock pipit is darker, larger and longer-winged than its relative, and has dark, rather than pinkish-red, legs. The water pipit in winter plumage is also confusable with the rock pipit, but has a strong supercilium and greyer upperparts; it is also typically much warier. The rock pipit's dusky, rather than white, outer tail feathers are also a distinction from all its relatives. The habitats used by rock and water pipits are completely separate in the breeding season, and there is little overlap even when birds are not nesting. (wikipedia)
This confiding individual was on Dalkey Island, Dublin.
The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson
Shorebirds of Ireland with Jim Wilson.
Freshwater Birds of Ireland with Jim Wilson
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
A mixed bag of a flock containing predominantly Black-tailed Godwit, with Eurasian Teal and Black-headed Gull thrown in for good measure. This was part of a low-tide feeding frenzy at Poolbeg in Dublin Bay recently.
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Sony a9II (ILCE-9M2)/Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide 2nd Edition with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The European goldfinch or goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), is a small passerine bird in the finch family that is native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia. It has been introduced to other areas including Australia, New Zealand and Uruguay.
The goldfinch has a red face and a black-and-white head. The back and flanks are buff or chestnut brown. The black wings have a broad yellow bar. The tail is black and the rump is white. The female is very similar to the male but has a slightly smaller red area on the face.
The goldfinch is often depicted in Italian renaissance paintings of the Madonna and Child. Goldfinches are commonly kept and bred in captivity around the world because of their distinctive appearance and pleasant song. In Britain during the 19th century many thousands of goldfinches were trapped each year to be sold as cage-birds. One of the earliest campaigns of the Society for the Protection of Birds was directed against this trade.
In the poem The Great Hunger by Patrick Kavanagh, the goldfinch is one of the rare glimpses of beauty in the life of an elderly Irish farmer:
"The goldfinches on the railway paling were worth looking at
A man might imagine then
Himself in Brazil and these birds the birds of paradise" (wikipedia)
An adult Goldfinch at the East Coast Nature Reserve, Wicklow, Ireland.
Name: Golden babbler
Scientific: Cyanoderma chrysaeum
Malay: Burung Rimba Emas / Burung Rimba Mas / Kekicau Emas / Rimba Emas / Rimba Mas
Family: Timaliidae
IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern
Gear: SONY a9II + SEL200600G.
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Copyright © 2020 Nur Ismail Photography. All rights reserved. Do not use or reproduce these images on websites, blogs or publications without expressed written permission from the photographer.
For any enquiries, please visit my website: www.nurismailphotography.com or email at nismailm@gmail.com.