IMG_6601-1000x750.jpg by romy ocon

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02-JAN-2007

IMG_6601-1000x750.jpg

Black-chinned Fruit-dove
(a near Philippine endemic, male)

Scientific name - Ptilinopus leclancheri leclancheri

Habitat - Uncommon in forest patches up to 1500 m.

[350D + Sigmonster]

Canon EOS 350D
1/80s f/9.0 at 800.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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romy ocon		10-Jan-2007 04:45
It took me almost three years before I was able to nail this near-endemic dove with enough detail to make big prints. The Sigmonster allowed me to fill the frame even if the bird was feeding in the canopy of a fruiting "Balite" tree at Mt. Makiling.

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