Landscape and Street Photography

Since September last year, I had a long paused from active birding. During this period, I devoted most of my leisure time doing street and landscape photography. I bought a new Leica M system to shoot street and a Xpan II to capture panoramic landscape. Here are some of my photos collections :

Devotee

Leica M9P 50 Summicron

Splash

Leica M9P Biogon 25mm

Street Massage

Leica M9P 50 Summicron

Dawn

Xpan II 45 mm Kodak Gold 200

Sunrise 

Xpan II 45mm Kodak Gold 200

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Mangrove Pitta

March 4th 2012. I took a long paused from birding. This morning, I was invited to join my birding friends at Air Hitam Dalam. We were lucky to see 3 Mangrove Pitta.

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Some Waterbirds at Thale Noi

During the trip to Krung Ching Waterfall on early September, we also took the opportunity to explore the famous Thale Noi Lake at Patalung. Our primary target was to photograph the Pheasant-tailed Jarcana, unfortunately September was not the right timing to see the Pheasant-tailed Jarcana at this area.

The Boat Ride on Thale Noi Lake

Searching for the waterbirds at the Lotus plant habitat

We were very delighted to find the Bronze-winged Jarcana and Purple Swamphen.

Bronze-winged Jarcana

Bronze-winged Jarcana

Purple Swamphen

Purple Swamphen with its young chicks

An Un-common species at this area, the Cotton Pygmy Goose

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Javan Frogmouth

Javan Frogmouth

In early September this year, I went to the Krung Ching Waterfall of Khao Luang National Park at Southern Thailand. One of the primary target of the trip was the Javan Frogmouth. After numerous attempts to find the bird along the park main road, we ended with no sighting of the bird.

The Main Road at Krung Ching Waterfall

On the last day of the trip, we were getting desperate of finding the target bird. The local guide suggested to "venture" into the forest. At first I was a bit reluctant and fear of bumping into a king cobra inside the forest canopy. I could not resist the temptation of getting the photo lifer. I followed the guide into the forest. It was a big challenge carrying the bulky equipments, moreover the hilly terrain made the hiking  very tough. Here is the video clip of the adventure inside the forest:

Shooting under the forest canopy. The Javan Frogmouth perched few meter away

In birding, we always say "no pain no gain". This video is a good testimony of the "no pain no gain" motto.

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