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romy ocon | profile | all galleries >> Wild Birds of the Philippines (Photos) >> Bird Galleries by Location >> Archives of Older Galleries by Location >> Archives - Part 15 >> The Whiskered Terns of Sto. Tomas (La Union) tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

The Whiskered Terns of Sto. Tomas (La Union)

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I previously noticed on Google Earth that there is a wide area under water at the western seaboard of Sto. Tomas town, La Union.
This March 8th and 15th, I did a scouting run in that place and found out that good concrete roads lead into the middle of what turned out
to be many hectares of fishponds. It is a promising spot for water birds in flight, and I'll be back there soon for more BIF shots. :)
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus, migrant, non-breeding plumage) Habitat - Bays, tidal flats to ricefields. Shooting info - Sto. Tomas, La Union, March 8, 2014, 1D Mark IV + EF 500 f4 IS + EF 1.4x TC II, 700 mm, f/7.1, ISO 640, 1/1600 sec, manual exposure in available light, 475B/516 support, uncropped full frame.
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Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus, migrant, non-breeding plumage)

Habitat - Bays, tidal flats to ricefields.

Shooting info - Sto. Tomas, La Union, March 8, 2014, 1D Mark IV + EF 500 f4 IS + EF 1.4x TC II,
700 mm, f/7.1, ISO 640, 1/1600 sec, manual exposure in available light, 475B/516 support, uncropped full frame.

 Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus, migrant, non-breeding plumage) Habitat - Bays, tidal flats to ricefields. Shooting info - Sto. Tomas, La Union, March 8, 2014, 1D Mark IV + EF 500 f4 IS + EF 1.4x TC II, 700 mm, f/7.1, ISO 640, 1/1600 sec, manual exposure in available light, 475B/516 support, near full frame.
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Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus, migrant, non-breeding plumage)

Habitat - Bays, tidal flats to ricefields.

Shooting info - Sto. Tomas, La Union, March 8, 2014, 1D Mark IV + EF 500 f4 IS + EF 1.4x TC II,
700 mm, f/7.1, ISO 640, 1/1600 sec, manual exposure in available light, 475B/516 support, near full frame.

 Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus, migrant, non-breeding plumage) Habitat - Bays, tidal flats to ricefields. Shooting info - Sto. Tomas, La Union, March 15, 2014, 1D Mark IV + EF 500 f4 IS + EF 1.4x TC II, 700 mm, f/7.1, ISO 320, 1/1600 sec, manual exposure in available light, 475B/516 support, near full frame.
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Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus, migrant, non-breeding plumage)

Habitat - Bays, tidal flats to ricefields.

Shooting info - Sto. Tomas, La Union, March 15, 2014, 1D Mark IV + EF 500 f4 IS + EF 1.4x TC II,
700 mm, f/7.1, ISO 320, 1/1600 sec, manual exposure in available light, 475B/516 support, near full frame.

 HILLS OF PATAC. While waiting for water birds in flight in the middle of the vast fishponds of Sto. Tomas, La Union, I noticed that the late afternoon sun was bathing the hills of Barangay Patac in soft, golden light. I rotated my camera to portrait orientation, took 5 successive shots and assembled this later into a panorama. The hill in the foreground is about 3 km away, while the third one (farthest) is about 6 km from my position (thanks to Google Earth, such distances are now easy to establish). Shooting info - Sto. Tomas, La Union, March 15, 2014, 1D Mark IV + EF 500 f4 IS + EF 1.4x TC II, 700 mm, f/8, ISO 160, 1/250 sec, manual exposure in available light, 475B/516 support, panorama of 5 portrait shots.
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HILLS OF PATAC. While waiting for water birds in flight in the middle of the vast fishponds of Sto. Tomas, La Union, I noticed that the late afternoon sun
was bathing the hills of Barangay Patac in soft, golden light. I rotated my camera to portrait orientation, took 5 successive shots and assembled this later into a panorama.
The hill in the foreground is about 3 km away, while the third one (farthest) is about 6 km from my position (thanks to Google Earth, such distances are now easy to establish).


Shooting info - Sto. Tomas, La Union, March 15, 2014, 1D Mark IV + EF 500 f4 IS + EF 1.4x TC II,
700 mm, f/8, ISO 160, 1/250 sec, manual exposure in available light, 475B/516 support, panorama of 5 portrait shots.


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