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In conjunction with the installation of the 16th DYMM SPB Yang DiPertuan Agong on 30.07.2019, which was declared as a public holiday, I took the opportunity to do some bird photography at KL Bird Park together with some friends from ASFON WP photography group. We arrived at the park by 8:45am and we were among the first few visitors into the park that morning. We brought our sons to for the outing.  My main setup (and the only setup) is the SONY a7RIII with the SONY FE 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM) lens and SONY FE 2.0x Teleconverter (SEL20TC). All the shots were handheld because I didn't want to haul my tripod at the park. The weather was nice with clear blue skies after the morning light rain. Here are some of the shots taken during the outing.  Name: Rhinoceros hornbill Scientific: Buceros rhinoceros. Family: Bucerotidae Gear: SONY a7RIII + SEL100400GM  Name: Nicobar pigeon Scientific: Caloenas nicobarica Family: Columbidae Gear: SONY a7RIII + SEL100400GM + SEL20TC  Name: Nicobar pigeon Scientific: Caloenas nicobarica Family: Columbidae Gear: SONY a7RIII + SEL100400GM + SEL20TC  Name: Wood Duck Scientific: Aix sponsa Family: Anatidae Gear: SONY a7RIII + SEL100400GM  Name: Pied imperial pigeon Scientific: Ducula bicolor Family: Columbidae Gear: SONY a7RIII + SEL100400GM + SEL20TC  Name: Victoria crowned pigeon Scientific: Goura victoria Family: Columbidae Gear: SONY a7RIII + SEL100400GM + SEL20TC  Name: Rainbow lorikeet Scientific: Trichoglossus moluccanus Family: Psittaculidae Gear: SONY a7RIII + SEL100400GM + SEL20TC  Name: Cattle egret Scientific: Bubulcus ibis Family: Ardeidae Gear: SONY a7RIII + SEL100400GM + SEL20TC  Name: Black-crowned night heron Scientific: Nycticorax nycticorax Family: Ardeidae Gear: SONY a7RIII + SEL100400GM + SEL20TC  Name: Spotted dove Scientific: Spilopelia chinensis Family: Columbidae Gear: SONY a7RIII + SEL100400GM + SEL20TC We ended our outing around noon. Everybody had great time and looking forward for the next ASFON WP outing in September 2019. Stay tuned!
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 This morning the sunrise sky was clear and I tested out the SONY FE 2.0x Teleconverter (SEL20TC) with the SONY FE 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM). This was shot handheld at 1,200mm (APSC cropped mode), f/11, 1/1600 sec, ISO 3200. Post processed in Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 with Topaz Labs DeNoise AI and Luminar 3 plugins. Click on the image below for link to my Flickr page for full resolution. Thank you.   SONY a7III + SEL100400GM + SEL20TC, 1,200mm (APSC mode), 1/1600 sec, f/11, ISO 3200, handheld. Zoomed 2x to give the effect of 2,400mm lens! Post processed in Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 with Topaz Labs DeNoise AI and Luminar 3 plugins. Quite fair bit of the details can still be seen.  SONY a7III + SEL100400GM + SEL20TC, 800mm, 1/500 sec, f/11, ISO 400, handheld. Post processed in Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 with Topaz Labs DeNoise AI and Luminar 3 plugins. #nurismailphotography #sony #sonymalaysia #alpha#a7III #SEL100400GM #teleconverter #gmaster #SEL20TC #leofoto #leephotosdnbhd #luminar #skylum #studiozaloon
I had the pleasure of being invited to attend the "Exclusive Experience new SONY G Master Lens" event in Fraser's Hill on 13.07.2019 and 14.07.2019, hosted by SONY Malaysia & Studio Zaloon and facilitated by En. Shaiful Baker of SONY Malaysia and Mr. Chin Yok Fee of Studio Zaloon Alpha Pro Shop. All participants were housed at Shahzan Inn Hotel, complimentary of the organizers. The participants of the event were largely from a group called Birding, Nature and Cameras, or in short BNC, a group of bird lovers who preserve, promote nature awareness and capture best images of the birds in the wild.  Group photo on day 2. Photo credit: Chin Yok Fee (Studio Zaloon). SONY's latest G Master lens, the SONY FE 600mm F4 GM OSS (SEL600F40GM) and SONY FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G) lenses were brought by SONY Malaysia for the participants to touch, feel and test these two great lenses. Apart from the lenses, they also brought with them not less than 10 units of SONY a9 flagship cameras, several SONY FE 1.4x and 2.0x teleconverters for loan to the participants. The itinerary was as follows: Saturday, 13.07.2019 1.00pm: Gather at hotel lobby & registration, pass room key (participant may put their luggage into the room) 2.00pm: Talk 1 (production sharing how to birding and camera setting by Shaiful Baker) 3.00pm: Group photo & tea time & loan unit (group photo) 3.30pm: Birding (group photo) 6.30pm: Return loan unit, pass room key to others 7.30pm: Dinner 8.30pm: Talk 2 (by Mr. Alagan) 9.00pm: Talk 3 (by Mr. Chin, Studio Zaloon) 10.00pm: Tea time Sunday, 14.07.2019 6.30am: Breakfast 7.30am: Loan unit 8.00am: Birding (group photo) 11.30am: Back to hotel return loan unit & check out 12.30pm: Lunch 1.30pm: Disperse My editing workflow can be summarized as follows:
Here are some of the images shot on both days with my SONY a7RIII + SONY FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM) + SONY FE 1.4x Teleconverter. For the Red-headed trogon's image, it was captured using the SONY FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + SONY FE 1.4x teleconverter. I was using Gitzo GT1542 Mountaineer Series tripod with Leofoto LH-40 ballhead setup on day 1 and used Leofoto LS-284C tripod with Leofoto LH-40 ballhead on the second day.  Name: Chesnut-capped laughingthrush Scientific: Garrulax mitratus. Family: Leiothrichidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO 3200, handheld.  Name: Chesnut-capped laughingthrush Scientific: Garrulax mitratus. Family: Leiothrichidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/9, 1/1000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld.   Name: Fire-tufted barbet Scientific: Psilopogon pyrolophus Family: Megalaimidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO 3200, handheld.  Name: Fire-tufted barbet Scientific: Psilopogon pyrolophus Family: Megalaimidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC  Name: Fire-tufted barbet Scientific: Psilopogon pyrolophus Family: Megalaimidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC, 840mm (shot in APSC mode), enlarged with Topaz Lab Gigapixel AI.  Name: Silver-eared Mesia Scientific: Leiothrix argentauris Family: Leiothrichidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/2000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld.  Name: Silver-eared Mesia Scientific: Leiothrix argentauris Family: Leiothrichidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld. Cropped to 50%.  Name: Oriental magpie-robin Scientific: Copsychus saularis Family: Muscicapidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/2000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld.  Name: Red-headed trogon (female) Scientific: Harpactes erythrocephalus Family: Trogonidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL200600G + SEL14TC EXIF: 840mm, f/9, 1/2000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld. Cropped 50%.  Name: Rufous-browed flycatcher Scientific: Anthipes solitaris Family: Muscicapidae Gear: SONY ILCE-9 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/9, 1/2000 sec, ISO 6400, tripod. Cropped 50%.  Name: Large niltava (male) Scientific: Niltava grandis Family: Muscicapidae Gear: SONY ILCE-9 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/9, 1/1000 sec, ISO 6400, tripod.  Name: Large niltava (female, sub-adult) Scientific: Niltava grandis Family: Muscicapidae Gear: SONY ILCE-9 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO 6400, tripod.  Name: Large niltava (female, sub-adult) Scientific: Niltava grandis Family: Muscicapidae Gear: SONY ILCE-9 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO 6400, tripod. Cropped 50%.  Name: Mountain bulbul Scientific: Ixos mcclellandii Family: Pycnonotidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/9, 1/1000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld. Cropped 50%.  Name: Long-tailed sibia Scientific: Heterophasia picaoides Family: Leiothrichidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/500 sec, ISO 3200, handheld.  Name: Streaked wren-babbler Scientific: Napothera brevicaudata Family: Pellorneidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/1600 sec, ISO 6400, tripod. Cropped 75%.  Name: Malayan Laughingthrush Scientific: Trochalopteron peninsulae Family: Leiothrichidae Gear: SONY ILCE-7RM3 + SEL100400GM + SEL14TC EXIF: 560mm, f/8, 1/2000 sec, ISO 6400, handheld. Cropped 50%.  Group photo on day 1. Photo credit: Faizal Sharif (BNC)  Group photo on day 2 with BNC members.
 Having the chance to hold the SONY FE 400 F2.8 GM OSS (SEL400F26GM) in my hands!  Poster credit: Studio Zaloon  Poster credit: Studio Zaloon  Poster credit: Studio Zaloon I must say that it was quite a good experience. Will surely go for future outings with the BNC group. Till next time!
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