In 1988, Liu Yen-ming went to Liukui to produce his first environmental documentary, on Formosan blue magpies. King Hen-biau, former director of the Taiwan Provincial Forestry Experimental Institute's Liukui Branch, arranged for him to present some of his uncut footage for members of the academic community. When they saw the photos, the scholars were astonished and rated them extremely highly.
民國七十七年，劉燕明在六龜拍攝他第一部生態紀錄片《台灣藍鵲》，在台灣省林業試驗所六龜分所前所長金恆鑣的推介下，放映部分毛片給學界人士觀看，在場學者為之驚豔，給予相當高的評價。