Sigma 300-800 DG returns to Candaba wetlands Photo Gallery by romy ocon at pbase.com

Sigma 300-800 DG returns to Candaba wetlands

Went to Candaba wetlands yesterday (April 18, 2005) to continue improving my learning curve on the Sigmonster. I was rewarded with a couple of lifers (Siberian Rubythroat and the uncommon Greater Painted-Snipe). The SR is particularly interesting, as I have all but given up in trying to get this fellow this year, after so many fruitless searches for it at Tambo mudflats. That I got the bird just before it is scheduled to go back to its breeding range makes me very lucky. Again, the Sigmonster didn't disappoint - it continues to amaze me with its reach, zoom flexibility, sharpness and subject-isolating DOF.

IMG_0675-800x600.jpg Siberian Rubythroat Scientific name - Luscinia calliope Habitat - uncommon in early second growth, open country and tall reeds. [300D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG), on tripod]	IMG_0676.jpg Siberian Rubythroat Scientific name - Luscinia calliope Habitat - uncommon in early second growth, open country and tall reeds. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_1592.jpg Philippine Duck (a Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Anas luzonica Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields. [400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, hand held at 560 mm]	IMG_0730.jpg Philippine Duck (a Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Anas luzonica Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields. [Sigma 300-800 DG shot at over 100 meters]	IMG_1591.jpg Philippine Duck (a Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Anas luzonica Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields. [400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, hand held at 560 mm]
IMG_0705.jpg Plain Bush-Hen (a near Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0722.jpg Plain Bush-Hen (A near Philippine endemic, adult and chick, possibly one of the first pics taken in the wild of an immature of this species.) Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0719.jpg Plain Bush-Hen (a near Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0710.jpg Plain Bush-Hen (a near Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0673.jpg Plain Bush-Hen (a near Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub. [Sigma 300-800 DG]
IMG_0582.jpg Greater Painted-Snipe (one female - upper left - and three male) Scientific name - Rostratula benghalensis Habitat - Uncommon in shallow grassy wetlands. [Sigma 300-800 DG, shot facing the sun at a distance of more than 80 meters]	IMG_0508.jpg Brown Shrike Scientific name - Lanius cristatus Habitat - Common in all habitats at all elevations. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0495.jpg Brown Shrike Scientific name - Lanius cristatus Habitat - Common in all habitats at all elevations. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0622.jpg Pied Bushchat (Female) Scientific name - Saxicola caprata Habitat - common in drier open country, grasslands and cultivated areas at all elevations. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0553.jpg Common Moorhen (Adult and immature) Scientific name - Gallinula chloropus Habitat - Marshes and ponds. [Sigma 300-800 DG at over 60 meters]
IMG_0557.jpg Common Moorhen (Adult and immature) Scientific name - Gallinula chloropus Habitat - Marshes and ponds. [Sigma 300-800 DG at over 60 meters]	IMG_0576.jpg Greater Painted-Snipe (In front is female, back is male) Scientific name - Rostratula benghalensis Habitat - Uncommon in shallow grassy wetlands. [Sigma 300-800 DG, shot facing the sun at a distance of more than 70 meters]	IMG_0669.jpg Great Egret Scientific name - Egretta alba modesta Habitat - Uncommon in a variety of wetlands from coastal marshes to ricefields. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_1570.jpg Cattle Egret Scientific name: Bubulcus ibis Habitat: Common in pastures, ricefields and marshes. [400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, hand held at 560 mm]	IMG_1522.jpg Asian Golden-Plover Scientific name - Pluvialis fulva Habitat - Common from coastal exposed mud and coral flats, beaches to ricefields. [400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, hand held at 560 mm]

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