G'day Bruce, I had a great time. Put a smile on my face for the rest of the day.
Thanks for looking. Dave S On Apr 12, 2005 12:39 AM, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds like you had fun. Little birds being bold really helps in > photographing them. In looking through the gallery, my favorite is > 2090. For some reason, I prefer a full body with this little guy. > > Thanks for sharing. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > Monday, April 11, 2005, 8:01:11 AM, you wrote: > > DS> G'day Folks, > > DS> Yesterday the Savage household had a small visitor. Willy Wagtail > DS> (Rhipidura leucophrys or Djidi djidi in the local aboriginal > DS> dialect...gotta love Google <g>). They're a small native bird about > DS> the size of a budgie. > > DS> Anyway, after Dad finished mowing the lawn he was doing some > DS> maintenance on the mower when this little guy/gal (?) paid him a > DS> visit: > > DS> http://tinyurl.com/3uhgt > > DS> They're generally not too afraid of people, or anything for that > DS> matter, but I've never seen one this fearless (Though I have seen them > DS> attack crows & magpies that got too close to there nest. :-)). It > DS> would follow you around the yard like a puppy, going after the small > DS> flying insects you disturbed as you walked. It was quite happy with > DS> this arrangement, however, if you stopped and sat down it would start > DS> chirping at you as if to say "Hey, no sitting down on the job". When > DS> the chirping didn't get it any results, it'd start jumping all over > DS> you. > > DS> I ended up spending about an hour and a half taking pictures (and just > DS> enjoying the moment). Started off using the FA 80-320 & finished with > DS> the FA100 macro. Towards the end I could get it to fly onto my left > DS> hand while I took pictures with the right. > > DS> This is my favorite of the lot: > > DS> http://tinyurl.com/5by3b > > DS> Here's the gallery (9 images between 100 -130k): > > DS> http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/GESO/GESO_001/ > > DS> Just though I'd share. Comments always welcome. > > DS> Dave S > >
