Anatidae series | 鸭科 | liewwk Nature

Malaysia does not have many ducks and mostly migrant

1. Wandering Whistling-Duck, 斑胸树鸭, 斑胸樹鴨, Dendrocygna arcuata, オオリュウキュウガモ, BELIBIS MERANTAU

2. Lesser Whistling-Duck, 栗树鸭, 栗樹鴨, Dendrocygna javanica, リュウキュウガモ, BELIBIS KECIL

3. Garganey, 白眉鸭, 白眉鴨, Spatula querquedula, Spatula querquedula, ITIK KENING PUTIH

4. Northern Shoveler, 琵嘴鸭, 琵嘴鴨, Spatula clypeata, Spatula clypeata, ITIK-SUDU UTARA

5. Sunda Teal, 爪哇灰鸭, 巽他灰鴨, Anas gibberifrons, インドネシアコガモ, ITIK-KECIL INDONESIA

 

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1. Wandering Whistling-Duck, 斑胸树鸭, 斑胸樹鴨, Dendrocygna arcuata, オオリュウキュウガモ, BELIBIS MERANTAU

– only found at Sabah, Sarawak (Borneo) but not Peninsular Malaysia

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2. Lesser Whistling-Duck, 栗树鸭, 栗樹鴨, Dendrocygna javanica, リュウキュウガモ, BELIBIS KECIL

– only at Peninsular Malaysia and the only resident

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3. Garganey, 白眉鸭, 白眉鴨, Spatula querquedula, Spatula querquedula, ITIK KENING PUTIH

– a not common winter visitor for Peninsular Malaysia but for Eat North Borneo is a common visitor

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4. Northern Shoveler, 琵嘴鸭, 琵嘴鴨, Spatula clypeata, Spatula clypeata, ITIK-SUDU UTARA

– a rare migrant for Peninsular Malaysia but common winter visitor for East-North Borneo

– 馬來西亞西馬稀有過冬鳥。婆羅洲較普通的過冬鳥。

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5. Northern Pintail, 针尾鸭, 針尾鴨, Anas acuta, オナガガモ, ITIK-RUNCING UTARA

– another rare winter visitor for Peninsular Malaysia

– 馬來西亞西馬稀有過冬鳥

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5. Sunda Teal, 爪哇灰鸭, 巽他灰鴨, Anas gibberifrons, インドネシアコガモ, ITIK-KECIL INDONESIA

– only at Borneo, this capture at Sabah

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Megapodiidae series | 冢雉科 | liewwk Nature

Malaysia only has one species on this which found near Sabah Borneo

1. Tabon Scrubfowl, 菲律宾塚雉, 菲律賓塚雉, Megapodius cumingii, パラワンツカツクリ, Gosong Pilipina

 

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1. Tabon Scrubfowl, 菲律宾塚雉, 菲律賓塚雉, Megapodius cumingii, パラワンツカツクリ, Gosong Pilipina

– a very active and shy bird
– reddish eye-ring
– first saw at Sabah, also same very active and shy

非常活躍與害羞的鳥。與在沙巴見得都一樣。

update 202102

– from Tangkoko, Sulawesi, Indonesia

 

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Fregatidae series: Frigatebird | 军舰鸟科 | liewwk Nature

a big seabird that always sees them flying near coasts or outside the sea

1. Lesser Frigatebird, 白斑军舰鸟, 白班軍艦鳥, Fregata ariel, コグンカンドリ, Cikalang Kecil

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1. Lesser Frigatebird, 白斑军舰鸟, 白班軍艦鳥, Fregata ariel, コグンカンドリ, Cikalang Kecil

– one of the least common in this region with the Greater

– male is easier to distinct but females sometimes confuse.

– LF which refers has obviously the extended spurs which absent from Greater Frigatebird. some angles may confuse with Chrismats Island Frigatebird.

update 202101

– captured this at our hotel near the beach while our stay at Raja Ampat, Indonesia

– the spurs extend from center white breast

– blackhead, the white breast should be an adult female?

Raja Ampat, Indonesia 201911

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8k video from CANON EOS R5 | liewwk Nature

One of the reasons to own 8k video most probably is to crop the video like this one to get more clarity (but I didn’t reduce it to 4k just want to show 8k video and zoom in)

let’s have a look at 4k and tell me how’s this video looks like? very good? good? normal?

update 202101

Dusky eagle-owl, 乌雕鸮, 烏雕鴞, Bubo coromandus, ウスグロワシミミズク, BURUNG-HANTU BERTANDUK KELABU ASIA

– one of the 8k 25p video by CANON EOS R5

– trying to zoom in ~100% crop (picture mode), no sharpening

– my 2016 Mac Book Pro 13″ not able to play the video file. I just put into Premiere Pro and export it to MP4 with Zoom in effect

佳能 EOS R5 的 8k 視頻。 我的蘋果 MBP 13″ 2016沒辦法做太多的後期。就切到~100% (照片)

 

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600mm setup… only ~1.4KG ! Fujifilm XF70-300 | liewwk Nature

I am glad to be given a chance to be tried on the Fujifilm XF70-300mmF4-5.6 R LM OIS WR. Even though we don’t have that many opportunities to do more tests on this setup because of the Covid-19 lockdown.

for quick sharing from Fujifilm XF70-300mmF4-5.6 R LM OIS WR Liew WK – Lens Stories

For birding Photography, we always concern about on few camera and lens specifications

1. Image Quality

– how sharp and how’s the ISO performance

– with Teleconverter Image quality

2. Autofocus performance

– how fast the autofocus, how accurate autofocus, and how good is the tracking capability

3. Weather-resistant, Weight and Size

– no one can deny bigger lens (longer and bigger aperture) will give you better image quality but we need to know how much we can tolerate with Image quality drop with the size and weight reduce.

– most of the bird photography here (Tropical rainforest – Malaysia) involves a lot of tracking, walking, hiking so it is not really a good choice to carry heavy equipment to long hours to do bird photography here.

Some Extra Features

4. Minimum Focus Distance

– most of the Bird photographers also a nature lover who may also capture many other creatures (butterfly, snake, etc

– minimum focus distance of 0.83 which give magnification 0.33

5. Image stabilization

– I can’t comment much as not really do a lot of testing on this but some of the dark conditions where I shoot ~600mm at 1/10-1/30s also give a very good success rate but for my comfort. 1/100 is a base shutter speed to get a very high success rate for myself.

I also captured some videos handheld

 

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Very low light condition

ISO1600, F8.0, 1/30

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1. Image Quality

– with previous testing on the Fujifilm equipments

Fujifilm X-T4 | Shadow & Highlight recovery Test | liewwk Nature

Birding Photography with Fujifilm X-T4 | liewwk Nature

– both

 

A. FUJINON XF200mmF2 R LM OIS WR

B. FUJINON XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR

do provide good quality of image quality with good Autofocus performance (for both still together with Fujifilm X-T4

For this small lens that provides 107mm to 457mm (35mm equivalent), it is just
580gram 
&
Ø75mm x 132.5mm(Wide)
Ø75mm x 205.5mm(Telephoto)
and this lens compatible with both 1.4x and 2.0x Teleconverter (TC) which may give you
149.8mm to 639.8mm
214mm to 914mm
(35mm equivalent)
but for everyone know the use of TC most probably lower the Image quality and autofocus performance.
here is some pictures sample I captured 3-4 days before Covid=19 MCO 2.0 lockdown..
[click the pictures for the original size]
NORMAL condition

update 202103

– another good moment with this active bird

– 非常活躍的鳥。他在看我在做什麼。

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– very active bird that keeps moving nonstop
– same location last month where I meet the handsome male but I met only 2 beautiful female now

– 非常活躍的鳥,總是動不停。

– 上個月,同個地方遇上雄鳥。今天遇上了2只母鳥。

202102, Selangor, Malaysia

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– lucky to have this while we looking for our target bird close

– another close encounter

202102, Selangor, Malaysia
#- a good moment to see this owl making some call
– shooting this with car body as support
幸運的見到這鴞在叫。 這攝頻沒用腳架,只是靠在車拍的。

 

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Long-tailed Parakeet, 长尾鹦鹉, 長尾鸚鵡, Psittacula longicauda, オナガダルマインコ, BAYAN MELAYU
Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 1.4x: 630.0 mm, ISO500 F.9.0 1/250]
Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 1.4x: 434.0 mm, ISO500 F.9.0 1/90]
Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 1.4x [600mm, ISO500 F.9.0 1/40]
Lowlight Condition
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- very lowlight condition,

- misty
Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300 [267mm ISO2000 F.7.1 1/7]

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Blue-winged pitta, 马来八色鸫, 馬來八色鶇, Pitta moluccensis, ミナミヤイロチョウ, BURUNG-PACAT SAYAP BIRU
Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300 [300mm ISO1250 F.5.6 1/10]
Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300 [300mm ISO1250 F.5.6 1/30]
Cloudy, Raining Condition
Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 1.4x [600mm, ISO500, F9.0, 1/40]
Quality with 2x TC
Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 2.0x [900mm, ISO800 F.13.0 1/30]
Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 2.0x [900mm, ISO1600 F.11.0 1/1600]
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2. Autofocus performance
– as previous testing share, the X-T4 AF performance FAST, accurate and tracking is good too. 
– I won’t share any single point AF here as all others above are using AFS or single focus but here I am sharing what I am concern about continuous focus for both lock focus & tracking capability
– Both above Loglight Condition sharing pictures were captured in very low light condition and AF is still fast and accurate for AFS
All pictures below captured with AFC – continuous focus and Zone (almost full screen). [I let the camera and lens decide to lock the object and track without any additional setting change]
i. Terns
– many of them flying far and near with moderate speed but in any direction under the hot sun
– most of the focus can lock fast and continuous tracking the bird by the next 1-2 s as the tern fly out from the frame
– it is almost no fail to lock focus when the birds flying with blue/white sky and sea background which has enough contrast
– it is getting difficult to lock focus when a bird flies into the frame where the background is green
Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 1.4x [607mm, ISO800 F.8.0 1/1600]
ii. Owl
– this owl all of a sudden fly out from the small palm oil plantation- the focus lock fast but the tracking miss 50% intermittent as it is flying toward me fast and close (some of the focus frame lock on the wing but not the head).*** the tracking may able to improve by some AF setting. as the focus locking is fast enough to focus again after miss out of focus within 1-2s flying toward me series
Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 1.4x [434mm, ISO800 F.8.0 1/1250]

 

Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 1.4x [434mm, ISO800 F.8.0 1/2220]

 

– This is a special case where this hornbill standing on a building wall. So make use of the continuous focus & tracking mode. Even the bird is near the tracking work since the bird begins flying until it missing into a tree.
– the moment happens just ~2s, while I am shooting 7fps. and the focus just miss 2 frame

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Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 1.4x [322mm, ISO800 F.7.1 1/640]
iv. Swift
– it is very difficult to capture swift picture due to normally they are flying fast, all different direction
– success rate is not very high due to the flying speed very fast and accelerates in any direction for feeding. But the camera and lens still able to lock the focus as long as my position is at the right position.
Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, [450mm, ISO1600 F.5.6 1/1600]
Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, [450mm, ISO1600 F.5.6 1/1600]
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3. Weather-resistant, Weight and Size
– due to the APS-C sensor size the lens design in a smaller size compared to an equivalent 35mm equivalent lens (100-400mm)
– the lens with X-T4 which is 607g (including battery and SD memory card)
– 1.4x TC
with such focal length 107mm to 457mm or (107mm to 457mm)x1.4 or x2)
look at the size
4. Minimum Focus Distance

– this lens can take a photo at a minimum focus distance of 0.83 which give magnification 0.33 think this is also good for some butterfly, big object macro

Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 1.4x [213mm, ISO1000 F.8.0 1/30]
Fujifilm X-T4, Fujifilm XF70300, TC 1.4x [563mm, ISO500 F.8.0 1/18]

 

5. Image stabilization

– testing mostly dark environment for either still or video (all handheld)

update 202103

– another beautiful winter visitor flycatcher of Malaysia

– another Fujifilm new XF70-300 test and this also another #handheldvideo

– I am shooting this video handheld

– 馬來西亞漂亮的過冬姬鶲 – 另一富士 XF70-300 的測試。 – 手持拍的視頻。

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– another handheld video captured with X-T4 and XF70300

– very low light situation ~ISO1600, 1/24 & F6.4

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Sciuridae series: Squirrel | 松鼠科 | liewwk Nature

Another mammal collection.

1. Whitehead’s Pygmy Squirrel, 怀氏矮松鼠, 懷氏矮松鼠, Exilisciurus whiteheadi

2. Bornean Black-banded Squirrel, 婆罗洲黑纹松鼠, 婆羅洲黑紋松鼠, Callosciurus orestes ***

3. Bornean Pygmy Squirrel, 婆罗洲侏儒松鼠, 婆羅洲侏儒松鼠, Exilisciurus exilis ***

4. Mountain Red-bellied Squirrel, 赤腹松鼠, 赤腹松鼠, Callosciurus erythraeus

5. Prevost’s squirrel, 普氏松鼠, Callosciurus prevostii

6. Cream-coloured giant squirrel, 斑臀巨松鼠,  Ratufa affinis

7. Plantain squirrel, 大蕉松鼠, Callosciurus notatus

8. Jentink’s squirrel, Sundasciurus jentinki, 婆罗松鼠, 婆羅松鼠

*** the Chinese name is not official but it is like a direct translation from English common name

 

Other’s Mammal collections as below

Primates series | 灵长类 | liewwk Nature

Borneo pygmy elephant, 婆羅洲侏儒象 | liewwk Nature

Otter series | 獭 | liewwk Nature

 

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1. Whitehead’s Pygmy Squirrel, 怀氏矮松鼠, 懷氏矮松鼠, Exilisciurus whiteheadi

– locally common, montane Borneo endemic
– small and overall brown with white ear tufts

– 婆羅洲高山特有種。
– 小,棕色,白耳毛。

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2. Bornean Black-banded Squirrel, 婆罗洲黑纹松鼠, 婆羅洲黑紋松鼠, Callosciurus orestes ***

*** the Chinese name is not official but it is like a direct translation from English common name

– common North-East montane Borneo endemic

– very look-alike Plaintain Squirrel except it is a Grey belly but not red

3. Bornean Pygmy Squirrel, 婆罗洲侏儒松鼠, 婆羅洲侏儒松鼠, Exilisciurus exilis

– Overall olive-brown, very small ~20gram

– lowland Borneo endemic

– mostly active feed at eye level

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4. Mountain Red-bellied Squirrel, 赤腹松鼠, 赤腹松鼠, Callosciurus erythraeus

– montane species also named Pallas’s squirrel

– a medium-sized tree squirrel, overall olive-brown and underpart red. Slight different form the Plantain squirrel which is lowland species and with an extra Black buff stripe on the flank

– Fraser Hill, Cameron Highland, Genting Highland Pahang, Malaysia

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Fraser Hill

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5. Prevost’s squirrel, 普氏松鼠, Callosciurus prevostii

– moderate size tree squirrel

– many different sub-species across Malaysia and Sumatra based on slightly different colors

– overall black upper part

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Callosciurus prevostii humei

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Callosciurus prevostii pluto [Danum Valley, RDC, Sabah, Malaysia]
Callosciurus prevostii pluto [Danum Valley, RDC, Sabah, Malaysia]
 

 

 

 

 

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6. Cream-coloured giant squirrel, 斑臀巨松鼠,  Ratufa affinis

– large tree squirrel found primary forest or “good” secondary forest

– few different sub-species across SEA

– overall cream and tri-colors

R. A. Sandakanesis [Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia]
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7. Plantain squirrel, 大蕉松鼠, Callosciurus notatus

– medium size, chestnut belly, and a black and white stripe on the side

– common at mangrove, urban garden, forest

– found South Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok Borneo island & Singapore

 

8. Jentink’s squirrel, Sundasciurus jentinki, 婆罗松鼠, 婆羅松鼠

– montane Borneo endemic

– white eye-ring, white patch near nose and eye

update 202101

Bakelalan, Sarawak, Malaysia

 

 

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Whitehead’s Pygmy Squirrel, 怀氏矮松鼠, 懷氏矮松鼠, Exilisciurus whiteheadi

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Fujifilm X-T4 | Shadow & Highlight recovery Test | liewwk Nature

In with conjunction previous other Fujifilm X system testing

Birding Photography with Fujifilm X-T4 | liewwk Nature

Birding Photography with Fujifilm X-T4 | liewwk Nature

One of the basic requirements of the camera, how much do we able to from Shadow & Highlight (under & overexpose).

Here are some basic tests

– Fujifilm X-T4, FUJINON XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR

– Handheld

– Same ISO, F-number, Shutter Speed, Auto WB

– Adobe Camera RAW 12.4, same recovery and other parameters for the same test

*** I found the Dynamic Range setting not just affect JPEG output, but also affects the data inside the RAW files. So testing also included DR100 (off), DR200 (suppose reserve highlight exposure 1 stop) & DR400 (suppose reserve highlight exposure 2 stop)

But check out the RAW files recovery result below !!! it is some magic that happens !!!  

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1. Highlight Recovery Test

1A. Highlight Recovery Test: Dynamic Range setting

– make sure of in Camera setting to protect Highlight details

– Dynamic Range 100 (off), 200 (protect 1 stop highlight information) & 400 (protect 2 stops highlight information)

CAMERA JPEG output

Even with the direct JPEG output, the highlight details have been protected (DR200 1 stop and DR400 2 stops). But let’s have a look at the RAW file recovery

LEFT: DR100

CENTER: DR200

RIGHT: DR400

 

 

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1B. Highlight Recovery Test: RAW files recovery

Test1: Highlight recovery from RAW files

– ISO1000, F5.6, 1/15 – this makes the picture +4 (4 stops overexpose)

– Adobe Camera Raw recovery. [Highlight -100%, Exposure -3.00]

 

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Test1Bi. Highlight recovery, DR100 (DR off)

– All setting same as mentioned above

DR100

LEFT: Direct JPEG from Camera

CENTER: RAW

RIGHT: recovery setting as above and save as JPEG

 

 

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Test1Bii. Highlight recovery, DR200

– All setting same as mentioned above

DR200

LEFT: Direct JPEG from Camera

CENTER: RAW

RIGHT: recovery setting as above and save as JPEG

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Test1Bii. Highlight recovery, DR400

– All setting same as mentioned above

DR400

LEFT: Direct JPEG from Camera

CENTER: RAW

RIGHT: recovery setting as above and save as JPEG

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Here’s come the magic of the RAW file and the Dynamic Range settings !!!!

– Look at the right face of the toy & background paper beg

– the DR400 not just protect highlight data in JPEG but in the RAW file, preserve more than what we expect (3 stops + 100% hight recovery)

DR400
DR200
DR100

 

 

 

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2. Shadow Recovery Test

– 5 stops underexpose

– ISO800, F5.6, 1/8000

– DR100, 200, 400

– below are JPEG direct output from Camera

 

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Test2A. Shadow recovery

Test1: Highlight recovery from RAW files

– ISO800, F5.6, 1/8000

– this makes the picture -5 (5 stops underexpose)

– Adobe Camera Raw recovery. [Exposure +5.00]

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As the discussion of Dynamic Range is to protect Highlight data of the pictures. But I still go ahead with my test with DR100, 200 & 400

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Test2Ai. Shadow recovery, DR100

Test2Ai. Shadow recovery, DR200

Test2Ai. Shadow recovery, DR400

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For the 5 stops Shadow recovery, most of the details of the focused object still intact.

But when we turn on the Dynamic Range (DR200 & 400) gives an impact on the RAW files.  Something really weird where DR400 actually give negative impact which produces more color noise and purple tint when exposure recovery

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So we need 2 settings for Highlight & Shadow recovery

1. Highlight recovery: Highly recommend Turn on DR400

2. Shadow recovery: Highly recommended Turn of DR which is DR100

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Coraciidae series: Dollarbird, Roller | 佛法僧科 | liewwk Nature

Malaysia has 1 Roller and 1 Dollardbird

1. Dollarbird, 三宝鸟, 三寶鳥, Eurystomus orientalis, Eurystomus orientalis, TIUNG-BATU BIASA

2. Indochinese Roller, 印支佛法僧, Coracias affinis, インドブッポウソウ, TIUNG-BATU INDOCHINA

3. Purple-winged Roller, 紫翅佛法僧, Coracias temminckii, セレベスブッポウソウ, Tiong-lampu sulawesi

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1. Dollarbird, 三宝鸟, 三寶鳥, Eurystomus orientalis, Eurystomus orientalis, TIUNG-BATU BIASA

– not rare, medium size blue-greenish bird

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2. Indochinese Roller, 印支佛法僧, Coracias affinis, インドブッポウソウ, TIUNG-BATU INDOCHINA

– another not so common winter visitor (North)

– normally up to North Peninsular Malaysia

 

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3. Purple-winged Roller, 紫翅佛法僧, Coracias temminckii, セレベスブッポウソウ, Tiong-lampu sulawesi

– a very beautiful bird, just like Malaysia Indochinese Roller but this with less vibrant colors and a “purple” wing-tail. Sulawesi endemic.

– 非常漂亮的佛法僧,非常害羞。蘇拉威西特有種。

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Indochinese Roller, 印支佛法僧, Coracias affinis, インドブッポウソウ, TIUNG-BATU INDOCHINA

 

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Leiothrichidae series: Sibia, Minla, Mesia | 噪鹛科: 相思鸟, 希鹛 | liewwk Nature

few different remaining Leiothrichidae series. mostly montane and colorful

1. Chestnut-tailed Minla, 斑喉希鹛, 斑喉希鶥, Actinodura strigula, ノドジマコバシチメドリ, KEKICAU-GUNUNG PERUT KUNING

2. Blue-winged Minla, 蓝翅希鹛, 藍翅希鶥, Actinodura cyanouroptera, ルリハコバシチメドリ, KEKICAU-GUNUNG SAYAP BIRU

3. Silver-eared Mesia, 银耳相思鸟, 銀耳相思鳥, Leiothrix argentauris, ゴシキソウシチョウ, KEKICAU TELINGA PERAK

4. Long-tailed Sibia, 长尾奇鹛, 長尾奇鶥, Heterophasia picaoides, オナガウタイチメドリ, KEKICAU-GUNUNG EKOR PANJANG

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1. Chestnut-tailed Minla, 斑喉希鹛, 斑喉希鶥, Actinodura strigula, ノドジマコバシチメドリ, KEKICAU-GUNUNG PERUT KUNING

– montane active bird … keep moving most of the time ..

Chestnut-tailed Minla, 斑喉希鶥, Actinodura strigula, ノドジマコバシチメドリ, Burung Rimba Ekor Perang

 

2. Blue-winged Minla, 蓝翅希鹛, 藍翅希鶥, Actinodura cyanouroptera, ルリハコバシチメドリ, KEKICAU-GUNUNG SAYAP BIRU

– submontane, quite common at Fraser Hill

Blue-winged Minla,藍翅希鶥,Actinodura cyanouroptera, ルリハコバシチメドリ, Burung Rimba Murai Gunung

3. Silver-eared Mesia, 银耳相思鸟, 銀耳相思鳥, Leiothrix argentauris, ゴシキソウシチョウ, KEKICAU TELINGA PERAK

– very common at most of the montane at Peninsular Malaysia

4. Long-tailed Sibia, 长尾奇鹛, 長尾奇鶥, Heterophasia picaoides, オナガウタイチメドリ, KEKICAU-GUNUNG EKOR PANJANG

– gray overall

– common at sub-montane and montane

– normally moving in a group

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Blue-winged Minla

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Rostratulidae series: Painted-Snipe | 彩鹬科 | liewwk Nature

Malaysia only has one Rostratulidae

1. Greater Painted-Snipe, 彩鹬, 彩鷸, Rostratula benghalensis, タマシギ, MERAGI BIASA

 

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1. Greater Painted-Snipe, 彩鹬, 彩鷸, Rostratula benghalensis, タマシギ, MERAGI BIASA

– very beautiful bird

– abnormal breeding behavior where male will taking care after lay egg

– very shy bird

 

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... running away ...

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Gray-rumped Treeswift, 灰腰雨燕, 灰腰雨燕, Hemiprocne longipennis, カンムリアマツバメ, LAYANG-LAYANG BERJAMBUL PINGGUL PUDAR (male)

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