Nature Photography
I have been busy lately and I didn’t spend much time on photography. Though I’ve tried not stop photographing.
Last week, I’ve spotted this bird at a park near a river in the morning, looking for food.
Nikon D40 f5.6, 1/2000sec, ISO200
Below, I’ve created a fractal image of this bird.
Nikon D40, f5.6, 1/3200sec, ISO400
I’ve spotted this kingfisher on a high tree yesterday morning, after the rain.
Nikon D40, f5.6, 1/1250sec, ISO400
Later, during cloudy noon, I’ve accidentally spotted Madam Liz, the lizard, sunbathing beside a shop where I work. It didn’t move a bit. So I quickly ran in and get my camera and switched my lens to 70-300mm. I’ve crawled til about 10 feets from it before I took this shot. It was generous of her to let me take a photo of her. By the time I’ve crawled another couple of feets, it quickly ran off, leaving me with this shot.
Nikon D40, f5.6, 1/800, ISO400
During cold seasons, reptiles are not very active. Like this lizard, they sunbathed to warm up themselves.
Photowalk – 25th. Dec, 2009
I was doing a photowalk alone for 1 1/2 hour early this morning. Perhaps a little too early as today is a weekend as well as Christmas day in Terengganu.
Mrs.Crab (Nikon D40 Sigma 70-300mm f8 1/200sec ISO400 220mm)
Meet Mrs. Crab. She was very shy and scared in the beginning and ran into her hole. I then realized she was scared to the sound of my lens focusing on her. So, I set my auto focus to manual and patiently wait for her to come out from her hole again. Not very long, she came out from her hole and I started to focus in manual.
After that I started to continue my venture and met with Mr. Grumpy Bird. No doubt, I don’t know why he was so grumpy. Being afraid that he might flew off due to the sound of my Auto Focus motor, I made sure I have set my focus to manual.
Mr Grumpy(Nikon D40 Sigma 70-300mm f8 1/500sec ISO400 300mm)
Mr Grumpy 2 (Nikon D40 Sigma 70-300mm f8 1/640sec ISO400 300mm)
Later, I was attracted to the rain water on a pine tree at the beach. Since I don’t own a macro lens, I have to shoot with Sigma 70-300mm.
After The Rain (Nikon D40 Sigma 70-300mm f8 1/320sec ISO400 195mm)
Next, not on the list, a pair of swiftlets. I have never been this close to be able to shoot the wavelets successfully. I should say they are a beautiful creature.
A Pair Of Wavelets(Nikon D40 Sigma 70-300mm f5.6 1/250sec ISO200 300mm)
A group of kids were playing nearby.
Kids Playing (Nikon D40 Sigma 70-300mm f8 1/250sec ISO400 300mm)
After walking another 20 minutes, I entered one of the secluded area of Chinatown where I found a Classic telephone booth which was the only one left, has been repaired.
Classic Phone Booth (Nikon D40 Nikkor 18-55mm VR f8 1/160sec ISO400 26mm)
I have had a good time and learned some things on this photo walk.
Animals have sensitive hearings. Whenever you want to shoot an animal, be sure to turn your Auto Focus to manual.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday!
