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 one of those birds that's often heard and rarely seen. Cheers, Dave On Apr 1, 2013, at 2:54 PM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote: > 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 had the AF motor of my >> camera scare one off before. Today I kept my distance and managed to get a >> photo. >> >> http://www.multi.net.nz/bellbird/ >> >> This is a fairly heavy crop. It's also had some "Shadow / Highlight" >> treatment to bring out his plumage. It's a touch noisy as I shot at 800ISO >> due to poor light. >> >> K10D, FA*400mm f/5.6. >> >> Cheers, >> Dave >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
