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"Cuando un ilustrador es tambien un activista no solo es un testigo de lo que ocurre ante él, él es un agente activo de la historia" .....C.L.
Male Bearded Tit / Reedling mid call. The 'Ping' call is very disticntive and used by the family flock to keep tabs on each other whilst foraging through the reedbed.
I have noticed before that the 'moustache' is in 2 main parts - with a break at the bottom of the top beak.
I have included a link to an earlier shot below where this was a bit clearer (and closer). Both shots however were taken in almost exactly the same spot, but a year apart.
Taken in Norfolk.
Bearded Reedling - Panarus biarmicus
Many thanks to all those who fave or comment, much appreciated.
Ping Shek Estate (Chinese: 坪石邨) is a public housing estate in Ping Shan, Kwun Tong District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. There are seven residential blocks in the estate.
The Ping River as seen from Wat Phra That Doi Noi. This Buddhist temple sits on top of a hill on the Chiang Mai side of the Ping River separating Lamphun Province on the left from Chiang Mai Province on the right.
Male Bearded Tit / Reedling - mid 'Ping' call.
Didn't realise I had managed to catch him doing this - but really pleased as it is a bit different.
Have not noticed before (as I haven't got a 'Ping' shot this close before) but the moustache seems to be in 2 sections 'hinged' where the 2 parts of the bill meet.
They normally use this call to keep the flock together, especially when foraging amongst the reed stems in low light.
The small flock flew into the tall reeds and I could hear them but not really get a view until this chap appeared and stayed for a few seconds in a gap between the stems.
There was light cloud cover this morning which gives a nice light for photographing these stunning birds, it is so easy to blow out the highlights on their throat it direct sun.
She has at least another half dozen tucked under her that aren't visible in the photo.
Hope you all had a great Saturday.
Ours was Silly. :)
Stonechat
1700.29.11.2023
As some of you may know I spend each day, during breeding season with black redstarts. This year in the late afternoons and every day I made my way up to Holcombe Hill to photograph the lives of a pair of Stonechats (no matter the weather). Along the stretch of moorland road 5 pairs attempted to breed and of the 5 only 1 pair was successful. Fortunately, I picked the right pair and they got used to me. The pair had two broods. Four chicks successfully fledged with the first brood and three for the second. Occasionly the adults would alight on top of flowering foxgloves. For some reason the R7 did not hit the bird's eye and would ping the background instead. I tried several lenses and all the R7 settings but nothing would give me an instant and reliable focus. I had to keep focusing on nearby grass and then hope I could nail the bird which might have flown...I don't think this would happen with a dedicated RF lens. It was incredibly frustrating but I am still happy with my gear of choice which has given me some stunning results. I certainly managed to nail 3 juveniles flying onto the foxglove which by then had dropped its petals...and it was raining! I really enjoyed this year doing the black redstarts and the stonechats. It was hard work and very tiring for me and I was doing sometimes 15 hour days but I would do it all again in a heartbeat for the same birds...always a joy! The image was made at only 188mm focal length. No hide used.
There was a group of about 12 Blue Tits feeding on the Bullrush heads , each head was only visited for a moment and then the bird moved on to the next one . I got as close as I dared and with an ISO of 2000 I was lucky enough to manage quite a few flight shots , This one was by far the best of the bunch .
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At one time, the town of Ping was a thriving community. This house belonged to the post master and functioned as the post office from 1889--1910. Luckily, somewhere along the way, a metal roof was installed, slowing the deterioration of this abandoned home.
Happy Fence Friday!
We were over at my sister's house tonight having a little ping pong action. I couldn't resist the lure of taking some pictures and toying with some fun lighting.
Lighting info: sb-600 (bare) high camera-left @ 1/4 and sb-800 (also bare) directly behind Rachel @ 1/8 and tilted up at about 45 degrees or so.
Hong Kong
Lantau
Lantau Island (also Lantao Island; Chinese: 大嶼山) is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River. Administratively, most of Lantau Island is part of the Islands District of Hong Kong. A small northeastern portion of the island is located in the Tsuen Wan District.
The Ngong Ping 360, a gondola lift, is located on Lantau and is operated by the MTR. Opened in mid-September 2006, this provides a 5.7 km 20 minute gondola cableway journey between Tung Chung and Ngong Ping. (Wikipedia)
庫存兜售啦~(掩面)
好不容易，今天稍稍回暖了~但入夜後氣溫又驟降了~樂奔的心情頓時猶如回巢冬眠的土撥鼠~又慵懶了起來~
大家記得多加件衣服~@@+ Take care!
In 新北市，坪林區~
Pinglin District, New Taipei City ~
Pinglin District (a.k.a. Ping-Lin is a rural district of southeastern New Taipei City, Taiwan. It is the third-largest district of New Taipei City and it is located in the mountain area connecting to Yilan County on the east coast.
Pinglin is part of the water district of the greater Taipei area as the Feicui Dam is located in the neighboring Shiding District, so land development is restricted. Pinglin is most known for producing pouchong tea. The Pinglin Tea Museum is the world's largest tea museum. Over 80% of its residents are tea growers or are involved in the tea business.
很開心因緣際會，這張照片可以獲得大家一時的矚目，其實，我們也只稍稍早一點補捉到這片茶園風光美麗的倩影而已，
實際上，把這裡拍得更美的前輩與同好一定很多，甚或，台灣有更多比這裡更美的所在，等著大家去發掘~
但大家想讓讓全世界更多的人知道這片土地的美，所復出的努力一直都是有增無減滴~
由衷的感謝大家的捧場與鼓勵，大家一起加油啦~!
一定要感謝帶偶們勇闖這個迷宮的
阿Len大
還有不管約什麼時候，一定會出現的小蔡大大
還那天出景沒出現的誰誰誰~
超級美的蘇菲阿姐Howl&Sophie，
辛苦的司機湯小米桑，
老闆娘Silvia 希維亞
喔呀~下次再來泡早茶!
當然，也要感謝不畏風雨，默默在福利客上支持的前輩同好!
PS:重要事項也請大家幫忙~
因為前陣子出景大燒很多次後越來越多攝友湧入，造成了有些人亂入茶園，有了垃圾甚至是穢物~讓茶園的主人在茶園管理上更是費工夫。
所以請各位攝影前輩同好們，來此捕捉美美的雲海與朝陽之時，請不要擅自闖入茶園裡面，清晨時刻，請大家注意不要大聲喧嘩，拍攝完畢之後，記得將垃圾隨身帶走並注意周遭的清潔~
愛惜、尊重與良好的禮儀是永續這個美麗的環境不可或缺的元素，請大家多多配合與幫忙! 非常謝謝!!