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04 July 2016
Titipounamu (rifleman) on the Tunupo Track
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The riflemen along the Tunupo track on Saturday wouldn't stay still, but that wasn't the worst of the difficulties trying to photograph them. One of their most frustrating habits was staying high, so on the few occasions I did manage to focus on one, the background included patches of bright sky. In this photograph, though, one of those patches happened to fall almost directly behind the tiny bird (this is a female), and although I'd have preferred a clean, out-of-focus green background, the light patch at least helps draw attention to the bird.
[1/125 @f4, ISO 320]
[1/125 @f4, ISO 320]
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7 comments:
I think you have probably got a better result than if there was a green background, Pete - it really makes the bird stand out. Good shot in difficult conditions!
Thanks Avus. I'm not so sure, but at least it encourages me to try for a better photograph! In any case, just seeing these delightful little birds (about thumb-sized) is a joy and a privilege.
A dancer, acrobat, abseiler, engineer. Those shiny (translucent?) legs in balance with that slender beak, stresses and tensions.
A great photo I think. What a sharp little beak!
Zhoen, they're all those things. Ninjas, too, but less dangerous.
Thanks Ali. That beak can winkle out insects from places you'd think must be perfectly safe.
NInjas aren't dangerous. They're more afraid of you than you are of them.
-The Tick.
http://www.thetick.ws/tickcom3.html
Haha! Thanks Zhoen — I'll sleep better now. Apparently they're incompetent too. (Ninjas, that is, not titipounamu, which my observations suggest are remarkably competent (and unafraid, even of things about 10,000 times their size, like me)).
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