Great set.  I love the bath.

On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote:
> A great series of images!  Together they show off the personality of
> this little fellow more that any single portrait ever could.
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> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 4:09 AM, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 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/
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>> 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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