by David Clarke | Apr 2, 2016 | Birds, Phuket, Wildlife
A few days ago I posted a shot of a male olive-backed sunbird visiting a flowering shrub on our balcony. He has continued to visit and now his wife has come along too. The female is less colourful than the male, with a plain yellow breast. She’s a little shyer too, not liking the sound of the Canon 40D taking 6 frames per second. These birds are tiny – about 6-8 cm – and they move fast, like hummingbirds.
There’s a set of the images of both birds in the gallery/showcase that are a mixture of shots taken with the 40D with a 70-200mm lens, and with the G3X at full telephoto.
by David Clarke | Apr 1, 2016 | Places, Sri Lanka, Wildlife
A common passer-by in a Sri Lankan garden …
Canon EOS 1D MkII with Canon 28-70 f/2.8L lens at 70mm ISO400 1/250 at f/4.5. Cropped in LR
by David Clarke | Mar 31, 2016 | Birds, Hong Kong, Wildlife
Another fisherman, in this case an opportunist Chinese egret who has worked out that if he sits among the nets on a fishing boat, he might get lucky.
Canon G3X ISO400 1/320 at f/8 & 220mm (600mm equiv). Cropped in LR
by David Clarke | Mar 28, 2016 | Birds, Flowers, Phuket, Places, Wildlife
A chirpy and enthusiastic olive-backed sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis), a frequent visitor to our balcony over the last few days since the variegated shrub he’s sitting on started to flower.
Canon G3X ISO640 1/640 at f/5.6. Cropped in LR.
by David Clarke | Mar 11, 2016 | Birds, Hong Kong, Wildlife
This Alexandrine parakeet was definitely showing his best side to a happy snapper in Hong Kong Park’s excellent aviary.
Canon G3X ISO1000 1/160 at f/7.1 220mm (600mm equiv)
by David Clarke | Mar 7, 2016 | Insects & Spiders, Phuket, Wildlife
Two of these fellows have taken up residence in webs they’ve strung across the bamboo outside the door to our apartment. They are around three inches toe to toe. Check out the mask-like structure at the junction of all the legs.
Canon G3X ISO 1000 1/100 at f/5.6 at 220mm (600mm 35mm equiv)
