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21-JUL-2007

IMG_8945-1200x900.jpg

Philippine Falconet
(a Philippine endemic, immature)

Scientific name - Microhierax erythrogenys erythrogenys

Habitat - Open forest and edge.

[20D + 500 f/4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, bean bag]

Canon EOS 20D
1/250s f/7.1 at 700.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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romy ocon23-Jul-2007 04:25
At 160 mm total length, this fellow is one of the world's smallest birds of prey and it's endemic to our islands. It prefers to stay in the canopy or on top branches of dead trees in the rainforest, from where it hawks insects. Its relatively very small size, plus its high habitat, makes it a very tough customer for me to photograph well. I got lucky to get close to an immature one at Subic rainforest recently. It displaces a photo of the same species in my top list because of better technicals - detail, perch, background, lighting and angle.
Reyno22-Jul-2007 00:35
Amazing capture as always Romy.
Bob D. Kaufman21-Jul-2007 19:22
Great shot as always! Master Romy, you have to show us how to do that unobtrusive yet effective watermark.
csmallari21-Jul-2007 16:08
Marvelous capture Romy !!!! My idol has FINALLY taken time out to enjoy what he loves to do :) Hooooraaaay for Romy !!! -voted-
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