http://www.multi.net.nz/grey-warbler/
These little guys are often heard in NZ forests but are rarely seen, and are
nearly impossible to photograph. They are very small and are constantly on the
move. I think this one is a juvenile.
We've had a couple of them hanging about in our garden recent
This is the "other" bird I mentioned during the white-faced heron discussion.
It's taken me a while to go through all the pics of him.
He showed up while I was looking for photo opportunities with the macro lens
around our cottage in Okains Bay. He stayed around while I went in to fetch
somet
We were visited by a grey warbler yesterday, a bird we occasionally hear in our
area but don't often see (they have a very nice song). They're constantly on
the move so very difficult to photograph. Usually I just stand and watch them
but this time I thought I'd get the camera and take my chan
A grey warbler came to visit our garden this evening. They're a very small
bird, smaller than a sparrow. And they don't really stop moving. You usually
hear them instead of seeing them (they have a wonderful song).
These aren't amazing but they're the best I managed to get from 22 photos.
B
Dave,
Nice catch! The backlighting works to make the bird the focus.
And that's mighty close for a shy bird!
Hope things are getting back to normal in NZ.
Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 11:08 PM, David Mann wrote:
> http://www.multi.net.nz/grey-warbler/
>
> These little guys are often he
sweet birdie - doesn't look all that noisy, the background is just right
on my machine - can you bring up that shadow/highlight tool again and
work on her/his eye a bit? and spend the next few weeks stalking the
grey-warbler between the after shocks..
ann
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On Apr 9, 2011, at 11:40 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
> Dave,
> Nice catch! The backlighting works to make the bird the focus.
> And that's mighty close for a shy bird!
The photo I posted yesterday is cropped a bit to remove clutter but the 400mm
does get you pretty close. These birds are a bit sma
That's no good... :-( Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 8:46 PM, David Mann wrote:
>
> I'm expecting the sewer system to take about a decade to fix.
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On Apr 10, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
> That's no good... :-( Regards, Bob S.
>
> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 8:46 PM, David Mann wrote:
>>
>> I'm expecting the sewer
On Apr 10, 2011, at 1:46 PM, David Mann wrote:
> I got another shot today which I may post later. I think it's slightly out
> of focus but the lighting looks better. I need to look at it on the computer
> screen to see whether it's usable.
Welcome to later :) It's out of focus but I didn't h
Excellent shots. They show how well the galvanizing is working too!
Alan C
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Subject: PESO: Grey Warbler
This is the "other" bird I mentioned during the white-f
Cute little bird:)
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 6:17 AM, Alan C wrote:
> Excellent shots. They show how well the galvanizing is working too!
>
> Alan C
>
> -Original Message- From: David Mann
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Pictures of small birds are not as appreciated as they could be. There is an
awful lot of effort to getting one good shot. But many times the images are
not as striking as some of the more majestic fowl. Very nice job with a
difficult, uncooperative subject matter.
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Thanks, Bruce, I do agree with your comments about small birds. I like this
particular species for their song. Occasionally we'll get one in our back yard
but not very often. They usually flit about in the trees where the light is at
its worst...
I've put the four photos into a small gallery
Wow, those are beautiful! Impressive detail and sharpness.
I love the little birdies (mostly what we get around here, other than
waterfowl) but I don't think I've been able to do that well.
Lovely light, too.
Most impressive...
Cheers,
frank
David Mann wrote:
>This is the "other" bird I men
Thanks for the comments, Frank. I still remember your swallow shots... we have
welcome swallows flying around some of the local parks and I'd like to try
photographing them some day. Not easy because they're small and fast :)
Cheers,
Dave
On Nov 13, 2013, at 9:54 am, knarf wrote:
> Wow, tho
The best time to capture them is early morning before they get in the air. Once
they start flying they don't sit still for long.
:-)
Cheers,
frank
David Mann wrote:
>Thanks for the comments, Frank. I still remember your swallow shots...
>we have welcome swallows flying around some of the loca
Dave,
Nicely done!
Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 9:28 PM, David Mann wrote:
> We were visited by a grey warbler yesterday, a bird we occasionally hear in
> our area but don't often see (they have a very nice song). They're
> constantly on the move so very difficult to photograph. U
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We were visited by a grey warbler yesterday, a bird we occasionally hear
in our area but don't often see (they have a very nice song). They're
constantly on the move so very difficult to photograph. Usually I just
stand and watch
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013, David Mann wrote:
>
> http://www.multi.net.nz/grey-warbler-2/
>
> K10D, FA*400mm f/5.6, 1/500th handheld at f/5.6, ISO 400. It's
> cropped to about 50% of the original area.
Nice! You got a lot of detail!
Pedantry alert: did you actually crop to 50% area or 50% of linear
Really good results considering the conditions, Dave!
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:28 PM, David Mann wrote:
> We were visited by a grey warbler yesterday, a bird we occasionally hear in
> our area but don't often see (they have a very nice song). They're
> constantly on the move so very difficul
Just saw this, Dave. Not bad detail and nicely balanced shading and color in
the background.
Is it a heavy crop?
Jack
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Really good
On Feb 27, 2013, at 4:55 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
> Pedantry alert: did you actually crop to 50% area or 50% of linear
> dimensions (which would be a quarter of the area)?
I cropped to about 50% area... note that's just an approximation.
> Which AF mode were you using? (I'm curious because I've
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013, David Mann wrote:
> On Feb 27, 2013, at 4:55 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
>>
>> Which AF mode were you using? (I'm curious because I've been seeing my
>> own AF glitches with K-x/K-5 and I'm wondering whether there's some
>> pattern.)
>
> I am always using AF-C at the moment. W
On Feb 27, 2013, at 6:00 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
> Just saw this, Dave. Not bad detail and nicely balanced shading and color in
> the background.
> Is it a heavy crop?
Not too heavy, it's just under 40% of the original image area. The bird is a
little smaller than a sparrow and was maybe 4-5 m
On Feb 27, 2013, at 9:05 AM, David Mann wrote:
> On Feb 27, 2013, at 4:55 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
>
>> Pedantry alert: did you actually crop to 50% area or 50% of linear
>> dimensions (which would be a quarter of the area)?
>
> I cropped to about 50% area... note that's just an approximation.
On Feb 27, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
> What I meant was, which AF points are you picking?
I always use manual AF point selection. The few times I've tried the auto mode
it's let me down. For that pic I was using the centre point, which I don't
often use.
Cheers,
Dave
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On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:28 PM, David Mann wrote:
> We were visited by a grey warbler yesterday, a bird we occasionally hear in
> our area but don't often see (they have a very nice song). They're
> constantly o
Pretty little thing, and a wonderful capture of it.
cheers,
frank
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:28 PM, David Mann wrote:
> We were visited by a grey warbler yesterday, a bird we occasionally hear in
> our area but don't often see (they have a very nice song). They're
> constantly on the move so
Looks like you did just fine! cute little guy If I were out
shooting I'd try your auto-select trick - or maybe inside in low light
when Ashley does something cute. the autor focus on the K-5 is pretty awful
ann
On 4/1/2021 3:47 AM, David Mann wrote:
A grey warbler came to visit our gar
I did a bit of testing with the AF this morning, with fairly mixed results. In
my frustration I had thought the K10D had been better with that lens so I tried
it with both cameras. The K5ii is better but both cameras seemed to get
confused at times.
I can't quite put my finger on it just yet
On the K5 I find the AF works just fine with any of my lenses. Seldom
hunts. I use single point, spot focus. With situations like the Grey
Warbler you are more or less forced into MF - too much extraneous stuff
in the way.
Alan C
On 02-Apr-21 04:46 AM, David Mann wrote:
I did a bit of testin
Nice job!
> On Apr 1, 2021, at 12:47 AM, David Mann wrote:
>
> A grey warbler came to visit our garden this evening. They're a very small
> bird, smaller than a sparrow. And they don't really stop moving. You
> usually hear them instead of seeing them (they have a wonderful song).
>
> Thes
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