Very happy to finally see one of these birds out in the open.
Just luck, as it often is, taking shots of ducks etc and spied a brown blob coming in over the reeds.
Bird stopped in the reeds for a second then popped down onto the shoreside rocks, seemingly looking for insects.
Stayed for about ten seconds, ( of course with the light behind :-)), then gone. Lake Albert, Meningie.
Well done!! These are beautiful photos. I am yet to get a good photo of this bird.
Nice work! I'm yet to get good photos or even obtain a decent view of this species. They just taunt me calling from half a metre away
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
Great work. Much better than I've seen or captured. That best Little Grassbird shot of mine turned out to not be a Little Grassbird a month or so a go, so I'm still trying.
Was this with the D810? They look really good for backlit images.
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Mike
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Great shots Rick.
Sue
Great shots, Rick. You don't see them out in the open often.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/
Great shots, they are so difficult to get good photos of.
Great shots, Rick. They're tiny a never stop moving.
Great shots, Rick. They're tiny a never stop moving.
Thanks All,
Mike, yes D810 with 300/f4,1.4tc. Was crazily backlit but in raw managed to drag out a little colour in the bird.
First image was good but then he flew around me so shooting almost straight into the sun. Inconsiderate bird :-) :-)
Great shots and well done recovering the colour. I hate when birds are inconsiderate. I am yet to photograph or even see one of these little beauties.
Aren't they all?! Hah
Can see the different between the first image and the later, back-lit ones... but it's still impressive how well you handled the lighting and pulled out more detail/colour.
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Mike
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Glorious photos Rick, always in awe of those who snare great portraits of the "Little ones"
Dont take life too seriously, it never ends well
Cracking photos Rick.
LM