Nice crisp shot, David! This is my introduction to the Fantail. I'm going to have to look them up in my bird book. I don't recall seeing such here in California.
Jack --- On Sun, 4/10/11, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > From: David Mann <[email protected]> > Subject: GESO: fantail > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, April 10, 2011, 1:09 AM > 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 > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
