BULBUL

on June 19, 2009 by Zainal

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Try again this morning. But this time it was on 300mm mounted on a tripod with pocket wizard for remote trigger. It was much easier to work as I can monitor the movement of the bird. It was pre -focus at one point and then it was just a matter of waiting with cup of coffee.  Bang Bang Bang..

MALAYSIA/

A Yellow-vented Bulbul bird returns to its nest to feed its chick at a garden in Kuala Lumpur June 19, 2009.

June 19, 2009 | Photo Under Standalone  |

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43 Responses to “BULBUL”

  1. haneefaze on June 19th, 2009 1:34 pm
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    beautifully captured!!! dengan lighting on it’s wings….

  2. aizuddin on June 19th, 2009 2:11 pm
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    cantik sangat…pakai 400mm ke?

  3. madksb on June 19th, 2009 2:20 pm
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    org kampung saya panggil burung merbah…
    rasanya la..nampak mcm burung merbah…

  4. Hafiz Pesona Senifoto on June 19th, 2009 2:29 pm
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    backlight mmg menyerlahkan wing burung tuh … bape mm pakai ni bang ? bukan senang nak dekat burung nie …

  5. Zainal on June 19th, 2009 6:16 pm
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    lens 400mm … jarak dlm 3 metres .. tak la jauh sgt .. masalahnya ialah kita tak tahu bila burung tu nak dtg dan dari sudut mana .. pastu nak focus kat mana pun tak tau. di sbb kan background gelap so metering ambik kat daun tu … kalo guna P, AV atau TV mesti gambar jadi over. sesiapa nak ambik gambar burung ni kena dtg umah. kena pagi sbb light pagi je yg dpt backlight. tp kena byk sabar.

  6. ZaminOmar on June 20th, 2009 2:51 am
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    cantik….sy suka moment ni

  7. NAZRI AHMAD on June 20th, 2009 9:48 am
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    abg jenal..nk datang umah leh?nti nk ajak2 semua budak2 utara p menembak kt blkg umah tu

  8. Zainal on June 20th, 2009 9:58 am
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    dtg la nazri … kita ramai2 shoot tgk siapa yg kena .. ehehe

  9. manjuzri on June 21st, 2009 12:03 am
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    best la bang,birding xpayah pegi jauh2 belakang umah ja, kami kena masuk hutan baru dpt gambar mcm ni, kena bgtau syednasir ni bang..

  10. farid on June 21st, 2009 1:13 am
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    terpegun saya melihat gambar burung ni. terima kasih abang zainal beritahu cara nak dapatkan metering cahaya untuk gambar gambar seperti ini. kat belakang rumah saya pun selalu burung datang dan terbang hinggap di pokok. tapi burung gagak je.

  11. Zainal on June 21st, 2009 9:55 am
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    hahahah …. burung gagak byk … anyway thanks for visiting … manjuzri - jangan lupa bagitau kat syed nasir.

  12. Azmean Aziz on June 21st, 2009 1:08 pm
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    bang.. bape lama tunggu nak dpt moment tu..?? gmbr 1st mmg marbeles… susah nak dpt tu…

  13. Zainal on June 21st, 2009 2:16 pm
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    tunggu dlm 2 jam azmean …

  14. curX on June 21st, 2009 3:50 pm
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    haaa, skodeng burung ek!
    heheheh ;))

  15. Jamal Rahman on June 21st, 2009 5:31 pm
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    Peh! Respek!

  16. buttet on June 21st, 2009 11:33 pm
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    superb photo bang..ini mesti lama tunggu nie…size dia mana besar berbanding dgn Olive Backed Sunbird …

  17. Zainal on June 21st, 2009 11:35 pm
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    rasanya size dia kecil sikit dari sunbird … mungkin la buttet

  18. syednasir on June 22nd, 2009 7:56 am
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    Waaa…ni lah yg dikatakan abg zainal abd halim ni versatile. Semua boleh. Translucent colour kat sayap tu menaikkan rasa geram!

  19. Zainal on June 22nd, 2009 8:05 am
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    Tgk gak gambar burung aku ye syed … mmg aku ambik gambar burung ni untuk hang … hahahaha

  20. Shaiful Rizal Mohd Jaafar on June 22nd, 2009 3:51 pm
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    aaaaaaiiieeeeeeeeyyyyyy…..kena mai niii..

  21. Zainal on June 22nd, 2009 5:07 pm
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    cepat2 siapa nak mai …. lambat dia terbang nanti

  22. buttet on June 22nd, 2009 7:33 pm
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    nak itot nak itotttt 200 mm cukup tak haaaa

  23. Zainal on June 22nd, 2009 8:50 pm
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    200mm pun cukup … kalo guna canon leh try 300mm atau 400mm buttet. kalo nak besok pagi aku shoot lagi.

  24. Teoh on June 22nd, 2009 11:47 pm
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    Its awesome. Everything falls into places. The light, the wings and the action of the bird just awesome. This kind of picture does not always come our way alway. Great job.

  25. zain on June 23rd, 2009 12:25 am
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    Superb la Nal!
    Boleh masuk National Geographic nih…dah level Steve Winter and Michael Nick Nichols nih. :)

  26. din on June 23rd, 2009 11:43 am
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    salam en. zainal.. tak tahan. nak komen jugak.. memang superb gambar2 u! mohon letak link u kat i punyer blog.. (dah letak dah pun).

  27. Zainal on June 23rd, 2009 12:07 pm
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    salam din .. thanks for visiting and go ahead with the link. thanks once again

  28. badrul on June 23rd, 2009 12:41 pm
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    ingat yang ari tu je dah lawo…yang latest lagi lawooo….

  29. ikhwanmuda on June 23rd, 2009 1:00 pm
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    Peh, bisa btol:)

  30. Yusmar Yahaya on June 24th, 2009 8:24 am
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    Salaam bang!

    very nice moment shot!

    musim mengawan lagi burung ni nampaknya, hope abang zainal ada amik gambar anak2 dia gak.

    the last time saya cuba follow perkembangan anak dia membesar dalam sarang, kena makan kucing la pulak.

    minggu depan saya balik agak2 sempat lagi tak, nak amik gambar anak dia belajar terbang?

  31. ponato on June 24th, 2009 9:38 am
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    superb.. sungguh mengujakan.. tahniah abg zainal..

  32. Zainal on June 24th, 2009 9:42 am
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    Yusmar … anak2 burung tu dlm sgt. so malas nak ganggu anak2 dia … rasanya minggu depan terbang dah burung tu.

  33. manjuzri on June 24th, 2009 1:18 pm
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    lama mana abang zainal tunggu utk dpt gambar kedua tu bang? untuk dapat gambar ni, abang zainal camouflage lense ngan camera ka?

  34. Zainal on June 24th, 2009 1:24 pm
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    yg gambar kedua tu tak lama sbb camera dah mount atas tripod. sng sikit keje. rasanya dlm setengah jam je. lense taruk je dekat situ sbb tak ganggu pun burung tu.

  35. samsulsaid on June 24th, 2009 2:14 pm
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    TERBAIK …………. tunggu ayam jantan bertelor pon belum tentu dapat gambar camni …penoh kesabaran

  36. Hafiz Pesona Senifoto on June 24th, 2009 8:52 pm
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    pergh .. bang repeat nampak ….. same spot .. still great .. translucent wing tuh mmg menyerlah kan burung tuh ….

  37. ikhwanmuda on June 30th, 2009 8:40 am
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    Bang zainal…kalo capture time ni, berapa dia punya shutter speed ngan aperture?

  38. Zainal on June 30th, 2009 8:54 am
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    shutter speed gan aperture its all depends on the lighting situation, lens used and also distance subject kita. Ideally, jangan bukak sgt aperture sbb takut tak cukup depth of fields nanti. Shutter pulak try to go as fast as possible sbb burung tu terbang laju. so kalo dpt aperture between f4 - f5.6 dan speed kalo bley biar lebih dari 1/1000. tp tak salah nak guna slow lagi cuma takut tak sharp sbb movement burung tu dan juga lens.

  39. riedznan on July 3rd, 2009 2:54 am
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    Capture bird in motion memang payah dan perlu sabar.Tahniah abang Zainal.Nak tanya berapa jarak kamera abang dari burung bulbul tu?

  40. Zainal on July 3rd, 2009 12:31 pm
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    jarak camera tu lebih kurang 10 kaki dan camera mount atas tripod.

  41. Firdaus™ on July 10th, 2009 1:11 am
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    priceless moment…shot yg sentiasa menjadi idaman sy

  42. jamilzain on July 12th, 2009 11:28 pm
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    wow…

  43. diana on August 20th, 2009 2:30 pm
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    salam abg..abg nk tanya sikit.abg pakai metering apa untuk shot burung ni..kl spot metering blh bt background blur ke abg.mcmna abg setting camera ntuk nk dptkn bokeh ni.selain keupayaan lens apa lg yg blh bg blur (bokeh) background.dia ada kaitan ngan metering ke ataupn ada faktor lain.dan lagi satu knapa abg ckp ‘takut xcukup depth field’.bukan ke kl tutup aperture nti background jd kurang blur.mntk maaf kl sy bnyk bertanya..hrp abg dpt membantu..kl abg ada ms jwb dlm email sy pn xpe..tqvm abg.

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