Cover - Digital Photographer Philippines, December Issue

Pages 4 & 5 (Contents)

Pages 64 & 65

Pages 66 & 67 (297 mm x 460 mm spread)

Pages 68 & 69

Philippine Serpent-Eagle
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Spilornis holospilus

Habitat - Forest from lowlands to over 2000 m.

[20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, hand held, 560 mm, f/10]

Brown Shrike

Scientific name - Lanius cristatus

Habitat - Common in all habitats at all elevations.

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]

Rufous Hornbill
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Buceros hydrocorax

Habitat - Forest and edge.

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]

Philippine Coucal
(a Philippine endemic )

Scientific name - Centropus viridis

Habitat - Common from grasslands to forest up to 2000 m.


[20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held]

Marsh Sandpiper

Scientific name - Tringa stagnatilis

Habitat - Uncommon, in marshes, ricefields, and fishponds in shallow water rarely on exposed mud and coral flats.

[20D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]

Philippine Hawk-Eagle
(a Philippine endemic, immature)

Scientific name - Spizaetus philippensis

Habitat - Uncommon in forest from the lowlands to over 1900 m.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, hand held]

Luzon Hornbill
(a Philippine endemic, Male)

Scientific name - Penelopides manillae

Habitat - Forest and edge up to 1500 m.

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG) + Sigma 2x TC, 90 meters distance]

Java Sparrow

Scientific name - Padda oryzivora

Habitat - Uncommon in parks, residential areas and scrub, sometimes in neighboring ricefields.

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]

This was taken at the viewing deck of the highest point marker at Atok, Benguet. I set the exposure values of the 350D + Sigma 10-20
by metering off the brightest part of the sky, popped up the on-board flash, dialled in some FEC, then asked my brother Jeff to snap a pic....:)