GUIDED BIRDWATCHING TOUR
We'll drive you around Ishigaki Island to wherever the birds are showing best that day. Observation is mostly from inside the vehicle, and we keep it to a maximum of 3 guests so everyone can take their time.
悪食ムラサキサギがきょうは、シロハラを襲っていましたが、結局のみ込めず捨てていきました。^^;
It took it down with a single strike to the throat.
It tried to swallow the prey repeatedly — wetting it and so on — but couldn't quite get it down.
In the end it just left it there and flew off. A Pale Thrush that died for nothing (lower right). ^^;
数日前入手した、EF600 F4L IS II USMをテストしてきました。2倍のエクステンダーをつけてもよく解像します。レンズの解像度が上がったのと手ぶれ補正が4段になったことが大きいと思われます。
田んぼにいたカンムリワシとハチジョウツグミとイソシギでテストしました。それぞれの写真の等倍にクロップしたものも掲載しています。
A Crested Serpent Eagle shot with the EF600 F4L IS II USM alone. I kept the shutter speed lower than usual and shot at 1/320, but there is no camera shake and the resolution is good.
A 100% crop is shown below.
100% crop of the photo above.
A Naumann's Thrush shot with the EF600 F4L IS II USM and EXTENDER EF2×III.
A 100% crop is shown below.
100% crop of the photo above.
This is also a test with the EF600 F4L IS II USM and EXTENDER EF2×III.
This is the 100% crop. With my previous 600mm lens and 2× extender, the catchlight in the eye would come out with a purplish tint, but the new model renders it in natural colour.
It resolves well even under overcast skies. This is also a 1:1 crop.
オシドリが2羽が浦田原に飛来していました。
Much more wary than the four birds the other day.
ハチジョウツグミが平田原に10羽ほど入っていました。^^
新しく購入したEF600mm F4L IS II USMを使ってみました。新型は軽くていいですね。
The call is slightly higher-pitched than a Dusky Thrush. In flight, the orange in the tail feathers stands out beautifully.
浦田原にハヤブサが2羽いました。ペアでしょうか。
The individual perched at the lower right.
The individual perched at the upper left.
They were perched in this positional relationship. But they were far away… ^^;