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Well done! And a pretty little bird. Paul > On May 10, 2024, at 12:57 PM, Alan Cole wrote: > > Very nice, Dave. That 400 is a great asset. > >> On Fri, 10 May 2024, 10:27 Larry Colen, wrote: >> >> Looks great to me >> On May 10, 2024, at 1:14 AM, David Mann wrote: >>> >>> The days

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Very nice, Dave. That 400 is a great asset. On Fri, 10 May 2024, 10:27 Larry Colen, wrote: > Looks great to me > > > On May 10, 2024, at 1:14 AM, David Mann wrote: > > > > The days are getting shorter and the weather's getting colder, and the > bellbirds are coming down from their breeding

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Looks great to me > On May 10, 2024, at 1:14 AM, David Mann wrote: > > The days are getting shorter and the weather's getting colder, and the > bellbirds are coming down from their breeding sites in the hills. Here's one > I photographed the other day in the banskia tree in our back yard.

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The days are getting shorter and the weather's getting colder, and the bellbirds are coming down from their breeding sites in the hills. Here's one I photographed the other day in the banskia tree in our back yard. It's not the greatest of photos but it's the best of the ones I took. These

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Lovely! Paul > On Aug 10, 2022, at 6:14 PM, Brian W wrote: > > Great pic - nice banksia too :-) > > It looks (and apparently sounds) quite similar to the bellbird of eastern Oz > but > they are apparently in different genera. > > > Cheers > Brian > >> On 10 August 2022 at 12:36 David

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I was about to ask about that... it was my guess that it did come from the song.. and I found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ_ku7MyE7w nice shot, Dave ann On 8/10/2022 5:24 PM, David Mann wrote: It comes from their song, they can sound like a bell. Their Maori name is Korimako.

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Great pic - nice banksia too :-) It looks (and apparently sounds) quite similar to the bellbird of eastern Oz but they are apparently in different genera. Cheers Brian > On 10 August 2022 at 12:36 David Mann wrote: > > > I've had too much else on to be taking photos lately, but here's a

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It comes from their song, they can sound like a bell. Their Maori name is Korimako. Cheers, Dave > On Aug 11, 2022, at 6:04 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Why are they called bellbirds? > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > * >

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Why are they called bellbirds? Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 12:59 AM David Mann wrote: > It's a banksia which is part of the protea family. > > That tree's quite misshapen and leaning badly due to being

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It's a banksia which is part of the protea family. That tree's quite misshapen and leaning badly due to being grown over by larger trees so we're likely to remove it at some stage. I'm wanting to plant another in its place because it's nice having bellbirds around. Cheers, Dave > On Aug 10,

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Nice! Is that a Bottlebrush Protea? Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 10:36 PM David Mann wrote: > I've had too much else on to be taking photos lately, but here's a > bellbird who visited our garden this

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I've had too much else on to be taking photos lately, but here's a bellbird who visited our garden this morning. It was about -4°C this morning. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1188/#peso Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6 Cheers, Dave -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send

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That's likely due to me bringing up the shadows a bit in the raw conversion. I may have overdone it a touch as the room was fairly bright at the time. On Jul 9, 2021, at 6:41 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > That almost looks like you’ve got some sort of fill light on it. > >> >>

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> On Jul 7, 2021, at 5:29 PM, David Mann wrote: > > I'm still working on these bellbirds :) We have a couple that are spending > winter in our area and they're quite fond of our banksia. Very cool. That almost looks like you’ve got some sort of fill light on it. > >

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Well done. Fascinating critter! Paul > On Jul 7, 2021, at 8:29 PM, David Mann wrote: > > I'm still working on these bellbirds :) We have a couple that are spending > winter in our area and they're quite fond of our banksia. > > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1122/#peso > > Pentax K5ii,

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I'm still working on these bellbirds :) We have a couple that are spending winter in our area and they're quite fond of our banksia. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1122/#peso Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6 Cheers, Dave -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to

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Or cropping to put the subject to the left of center. -Original Message- >From: Larry Colen >Sent: Apr 24, 2021 11:08 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: PESO: Bellbird > > > >> On Apr 24, 2021, at 6:12 PM, David Mann wrote: >> >>

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Splendid image, Dave. Bottlebrush is right - indigenous to Aus. Alan C On 25-Apr-21 06:33 AM, David Mann wrote: Something I didn't mention was that those red flowers were the reason the bird was there, which is why I wanted to keep them. I'll have another look at the other photos later and

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Something I didn't mention was that those red flowers were the reason the bird was there, which is why I wanted to keep them. I'll have another look at the other photos later and may post one of it feeding on them. That is one of two trees it visits in our garden; the other is a banksia which

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Good photo indeed! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 9:12 PM David Mann wrote: > I finally got a good photo of one. I'd like to have cropped it a little > tighter but I'd have had to crop out the red

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> On Apr 24, 2021, at 6:12 PM, David Mann wrote: > > I finally got a good photo of one. I'd like to have cropped it a little > tighter but I'd have had to crop out the red flowers. That is a good shot. It would have been better if it had been facing the other way. Or sitting on the hand

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you certainly did! - and the background is an important part of it..  nice one, Dave! ann On 4/24/2021 9:12 PM, David Mann wrote: I finally got a good photo of one. I'd like to have cropped it a little tighter but I'd have had to crop out the red flowers.

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I finally got a good photo of one. I'd like to have cropped it a little tighter but I'd have had to crop out the red flowers. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1117/#peso Pentax K5ii, FA*200mm f/2.8 Cheers, Dave -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to

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We've had at least one bellbird in the area visiting our garden but they're very difficult to photograph. They're quite skittish and don't stop moving. They'd be a similar size to a starling. I saw one feeding at the bottom of our garden this morning and rushed to get the camera. This is

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On Apr 2, 2013, at 2:23 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Nice shot - good to see the bird in habitat, even if it's Australian habitat. :-) I found a sound clip of its song - very beautiful. One of the greatest sounds I've ever heard was when we had to stop for some road

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To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: Bellbird My wife said he looks angry too. Maybe he doesn't like having his photo taken. They're not aggressive at all; they eat nectar so I don't think human flesh would be on their menu. He came back this morning while I

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Quoting David Mann dmann...@gmail.com: I was very lucky today. A bellbird came to visit our garden. I see one here maybe once or twice a year. They tend to hang out closer to the hills, about 2km away. They're quite skittish and I've had the AF motor of my camera scare one off before.

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Nice shot! And ain't nature grand? I love the irony of a beautifully simple shy bird with a simply beautiful expressive song. stan On Mar 31, 2013, at 1:35 AM, David Mann wrote: I was very lucky today. A bellbird came to visit our garden. I see one here maybe once or twice a year. They

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that thing looks quite angry, and primeval. -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: 31 March 2013 06:36 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Bellbird I was very lucky today. A bellbird came to visit our garden. I see one

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NICE. Stealth is good! :) On Mar 30, 2013, at 22:35 , David Mann wrote: I was very lucky today. A bellbird came to visit our garden. I see one here maybe once or twice a year. They tend to hang out closer to the hills, about 2km away. They're quite skittish and I've had the AF motor of

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That looks like one angry bird. Nice capture! Mark On 3/31/2013 1:35 AM, David Mann wrote: I was very lucky today. A bellbird came to visit our garden. I see one here maybe once or twice a year. They tend to hang out closer to the hills, about 2km away. They're quite skittish and I've

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My wife said he looks angry too. Maybe he doesn't like having his photo taken. They're not aggressive at all; they eat nectar so I don't think human flesh would be on their menu. He came back this morning while I was having breakfast but I only caught a glimpse before he flew off. They're

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I was very lucky today. A bellbird came to visit our garden. I see one here maybe once or twice a year. They tend to hang out closer to the hills, about 2km away. They're quite skittish and I've had the AF motor of my camera scare one off before. Today I kept my distance and managed to get