These are really fun, Dave! Love the bath shots. Cheers, Christine
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From: "Ken Waller" <kwal...@peoplepc.com>
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Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: fantail
Cute little guy and a different pose, I only wish the background was a
little less busy in the first.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Mann" <d...@multisport.net.nz>
Subject: GESO: fantail
I had a great time with a little fantail this afternoon. They aren't shy
at all - if you're careful they will happily perch a couple of feet away
and fly to within inches of you. He even ate a bug off my foot.
Unfortunately that does make them prone to predation.
http://www.multi.net.nz/fantail-apr-10/
They eat insects on the wing and people tend to stir those insects up as
they move about. It's fun to watch their antics as they flit through the
air in random directions while happily chirping to each other. I
consider it a real blessing to have them hanging around our garden. My
late grandmother used to like them so they do remind me of her.
I had a lot of trouble with the light and ended up using the RTF at
800ISO. Other than that it's the good old K10D, FA*200mm f/2.8 and FA
100mm f/2.8 Macro.
You know it's a good day birding when you have to use the 100mm macro. I
used to dream of getting half-decent photos of fantails.
Cheers,
Dave
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