mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Web Developer & Hobby Wildlife Photographer based in China.
Monday through Friday (UTC+8), I’ll be posting a fresh wildlife photo from my latest travels—as long as my backlog holds up!
I don't post-process my wildlife photos and also don't watch short-form videos, which would require a whole article to explain the reason. All photos shared except boosted are taken by me. My zodiac sign in Chinese culture is "Horse".
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Howdy friends, new week, back to posting. Still from last week's visit to Putian City, a female Blue Rock Thrush.
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Damselflies, also from Putian City two days ago. I switched to 18-135mm lens this time. It's against the sunlight so more of a silhouette vibe. See you all next week.
I was out practicing tracking skills on a group of Barn Swallows yesterday, not able to get any good shots. But this Little Egret standing in front of reeds just before sunset seems to trigger a peaceful mood.
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I kept bumping into Common Kingfisher. I waited for two hours to see this kingfisher landing on this branch, but it's then chased off by the Chinese Pond Heron before I could see some fish catching actions, spotted at a small park in Putian City last week.
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Plumbeous Water Redstart (male) looking vigilant to make sure there is no danger nearby before it enjoys its meal, spotted at a stream in Putian City yesterday.
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Eurasian Hoopoe at Sanyang Wetland Park, Wenzhou City.
Not a sharp shot, but it's nice to see an Eastern Spot-billed Duck with 12 fluffy ducklings at Jiulong National Wetland Park, Lishui City, China
Great Barbet captured at Gu Mountain, Fuzhou City, China
Original image: https://photos.heybran.tech/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_2371-picked.jpg
Rufous Woodpecker taken today at Fuzhou Forest Park.
Original image can be found at: https://photos.heybran.tech/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/IMG_1503-picked-cropped.jpg
Red-billed Blue Magpies captured earlier today at Jiulonggu National Forest Park, Putian City, China.
Original size: https://photos.heybran.tech/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_2738-picked-cropped.jpg
I am really shamed of sharing this. But here we go, the story behind it: I was out birding at a local park and saw a man carrying a bird. The bird has its both feet chained to a black stick installed to a water bottle. I asked him what's going on? He said he bought the bird at a local store and now is what he claimed to be "walking" the bird. I just don't understand that there are stores allowed to sell birds. I edited the photo to be monochrome on my phone.
After using TAMRON 150-600mm G1 lens on Canon 80D for almost six months, I wrote up a short post to share some personal thoughts. I hope it's helpful to folks who want to start wildlife photography but have a small budget to start with. I'm not a native English speaker, so please let me know if some parts of the post is not clear or you have more questions on my camera and lens combo.
https://heybran.tech/blog/my-thoughts-on-tamron-150-600-g1-lens/