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Bird watching
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Copyright: Bill Laucp (trekks) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2025 W: 144 N: 3403] (13631)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-10-19
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon D80, 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6GED-IF AF-S DX Zoom-Ni, SD 2GB, 67mm UV
Exposure: f/8, 1/50 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-11-14 2:34
Viewed: 292
Points: 50
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
A recent event was held at Borneo Highlands Resort area for bird watching and nature study. At 3600feet ASL, the temperature is cool and vegetation is very much different in this tropical rainforest heaven, rich with biodiverse jungle resources. Some bungalows were built here alongside 18-hole golf course for holiday owners.

To get here, drive 1 hour from Kuching towards the 10-mile town of Kota Padawan and following a bitumen road leading to the resort. The hilly terrain of the area often gives foggy scenery of the mountains. This is also close to Indonesia's interior border of Kalimantan.

I took this shot after coming out of the jungle trekk with a group of nature study group.

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  • lele Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 814 W: 51 N: 1717] (11169)
  • [2008-11-14 2:54]

ciao bill...grande pov...ottima composizione naturalistica con degli ottimi colori..soggetto interessante..grande composizione...complimenti
lele

Hi Bill,
Beautiful place,fantastic colors,good light and perspective,
congratulation.
Best regards,
Ralf

Beautiful shades of green. I like the typical Mediterranean look. Well done.
Best wishes,
Achim

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  • AndroK Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 1479 W: 23 N: 0] (11750)
  • [2008-11-14 3:05]

Hi Bill...
Beautiful shot with nice colors and composition...
Nice place...
Have a nice weekend...
Andro

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  • nicou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1290 W: 0 N: 2550] (20637)
  • [2008-11-14 4:24]

Hello,
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Très belle comp, ces arbres dans ce bau ensemble vert sont mangigiques.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

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  • jawa Gold Star Critiquer [C: 1372 W: 0 N: 1] (12003)
  • [2008-11-14 6:05]

Hi Bill
very nice picture of this beautiful country.
Gr Jos

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  • dareco Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1717 W: 16 N: 840] (15143)
  • [2008-11-14 8:34]

A paradise! Beautiful scenery! I like this pov and the colors, everything looks so lush! TFS

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  • ayse51 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1699 W: 124 N: 1451] (20496)
  • [2008-11-14 9:51]

Hi Bill,
amazing green.What a peaceful and beautiful place.Well presented.TFS.Necla.

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1518 W: 123 N: 2178] (20007)
  • [2008-11-14 10:05]

Hello Bill, not an easy sky to work with but you did great anyway, well composed and very good technique, thanks!

Mario

Hi Bill,
Nice place to made a nature study group,
Beautiful picture nicely composed and presented,wiht great colors and sharpness,
excellent POV. and details.
All my compliments.
Michel

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  • kross1 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 569 W: 11 N: 1087] (4376)
  • [2008-11-14 11:44]

Hi Bill,
I love that lush green grass. The composition is very good and I like those clouds hanging over the mountains. The image is sharp and clear. Did you take your clubs? If so how did you shoot? Nice work here Bill.
Regards,
Kevin

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  • wilth Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 363 W: 46 N: 513] (1953)
  • [2008-11-14 12:22]

Hi Bill,
Beautiful location and nice work capturing all the different tones, colors and light.
The low clouds stuck on the mountaintops make for an interesting cap to the photo and the people in the foreground, although I always try to avoid them, show that that's not always necessary; they add a focal point and interest here.
Nicely composed,
TFS,
Wilt

Hello Bill!
Lovely colours of the vegetation!
Good point of view and perfect sharpness in your picture!
Well done!
Best regards!
Lili

Hi Bill,
Stunning green tones, lightening. Good use of rule of thirds. Love sillhouettes of trees on cloudy sky
TFS
Selahattin E

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  • rigz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 161 W: 0 N: 85] (1066)
  • [2008-11-15 2:28]

Hi Bill,

Great shot of beautiful place. I missed the event. I read in local newspaper on the activity...i regret can't join its. Your shot telling me that the place very beautiful and peaceful. Well done!

TFS,
Geoffrey Bin Ramji

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  • Lano Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 57 W: 0 N: 173] (1031)
  • [2008-11-15 5:15]

Hi Bill,

what i like most in this capture is how you choose the metering priority, as for me i always have a tendency to exclude OE in my capture instead of looking for others strength in the compo.

as per your compo here it's well balance and nice scenery as a result of your metering priority. I like the sharpness too.

Regards,

Ruslan

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  • milas Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2730 W: 412 N: 2986] (32815)
  • [2008-11-15 6:50]

merhaba dear Bill...
Beautiful place... A supurb colors and focus..selamlar

Ciao Bill, lovely composition with good perspective and splendid colors, very well done, ciao Silvio

  • Great 
  • Dot Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1419 W: 31 N: 3063] (12426)
  • [2008-11-16 7:32]

HI Bill
It should be interesting to watch golfers play in the fog as I imagine that it does get lower at times.
Good composition and the patch with the bit of light adds interest.
Dot

Hello Bill.
Beautiful tropic landscape with fres colours, so a pity that the clouds are overexposed, but at the otherhand it make the greens and dept good looking at.
Regartds, Jan

Hi Bill,
Beautiful place. Excellent green tones and colorful.
excellent pov and composition.TFS
Greetings
H.Ayhan

Hi Bill,

This place looks very attractive with the low hanging clouds (well you are at a higher altitude, so those clouds are not really low...) and that band of sunshine in the BG. Nice path leading into the picture, a few roofs peeking through the foliage - an overal pleasant atmosphere you have created here.
TFS
Els

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  • subs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 252 W: 0 N: 222] (2080)
  • [2008-11-18 6:40]

Hi Bill,
A verdant landscape. I like that spot of light green where the sun is shining through the clouds.
Regards,
Subashini

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  • hcvvmk Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 410 W: 75 N: 308] (2405)
  • [2008-11-18 10:51]

Hie Bill,

A very beautiful and cooling place for birdwatching and other recreational activities. I'm not sure whether it's my laptop or not but the white part seems a little burnout. Maybe you should try use a polarizer to decrease the burnout.

TFS,
Hong

  • Great 
  • gnada Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2662 W: 74 N: 4764] (21695)
  • [2009-01-03 15:33]

Hi Bill...

Absolutely fantastic shot - Amazing green...
Beautiful place, color and contrast, I like it...
What more can I say than – bravo...
Best regards,
George

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