Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Some Big Birds

November 10 2010. Grey and Purple Heron are abundant at Batu Kawan mudflats. Here are some photos of the big birds, the photos were captured over the weekend.

Grey Heron
Perching on the top of a tree. This shot is captured using the EOS 1 D mkIV with EF 800 IS plus the 2x TC (Manual focus using the Live-View feature)

Grey Heron.
A pair of Grey Heron perched at the top of tree.
EOS 1 D mkIV with EF 800 IS plus the 2x TC 

Purple Heron.
EOS 1 D mkIV with EF 800 IS plus the 2x TC 

Purple Heron.
Hunting for prey.

Thanks for reading.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

like the pair of grey heron,
1st time I seen photo of a pair!
Great shot
Choo Eng

Hawkeyes a.k.a Kiah said...

Hi Choo Eng,

Thanks for your compliment.

Wong Tsu Shi said...

Wow, no play play oh, 800mm still need to add 2x TC some more.

Hawkeyes a.k.a Kiah said...

Hi Wong,

I tried to create the "compression" effect of the background.