tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post5975677024413760507..comments2023-12-30T05:41:12.280+13:00Comments on The Ruins of the Moment: Piwakawaka (North Island fantail)pohanginapetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-28627084973167576452015-05-18T02:53:24.358+12:002015-05-18T02:53:24.358+12:00(shhhh... they *think* they are singing...)(shhhh... they *think* they are singing...)Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-37759056969531997312015-05-17T17:01:04.719+12:002015-05-17T17:01:04.719+12:00Zhoen, I'm pleased you stole the other one ;-)...Zhoen, I'm pleased you stole the other one ;-) You're right about the pose of this one too, although they don't actually sing, they chatter energetically (as seems entirely fitting).pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-3549322329859066282015-05-17T07:35:58.086+12:002015-05-17T07:35:58.086+12:00That other one is a desktop image that I shameless...That other one is a desktop image that I shamelessly stole. This one, well, bird looks like "Imma sing for you!"Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-26215825649227755492015-05-16T22:16:08.299+12:002015-05-16T22:16:08.299+12:00Lesley, with piwakawaka, photographs are always la...Lesley, with piwakawaka, photographs are always largely a matter of luck. Sometimes they're cooperative, usually they seem to like teasing photographers.<br /><br />Lisa, you might well be right, and now I think the photograph would have been so much better if there <i>had</i> been a little backlit insect in just the right place above the bird.<br /><br />Kia ora Robb. You're probably right, but I'm trying not to imagine it ;-)pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-88832270941899470332015-05-16T20:20:58.431+12:002015-05-16T20:20:58.431+12:00Kia ora Pete,
The squeeze of Maui is still appar...Kia ora Pete,<br /> The squeeze of Maui is still apparent in those eyes. <br />RobbRuahineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398484733805119294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-31842632634870789102015-05-16T15:50:47.000+12:002015-05-16T15:50:47.000+12:00You're right, Lesley - I had never seen the wh...You're right, Lesley - I had never seen the whiskers before! I love all your photographs of fantails, Pete, and although the earlier one of the fantail concentrating on landing is one of my favourite photographs ever, I enjoyed the detail of this one, and the look on its little face - as if it's debating the exact angle of flight needed to capture a midge above it. Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02673353294971363327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-13943054852809695302015-05-15T21:15:46.503+12:002015-05-15T21:15:46.503+12:00The back-lighting has shown up its whiskers. I...The back-lighting has shown up its whiskers. I'd never realised that they had any. The piwakawaka which I see up the hill never stay still long enough for me to see details, let alone photograph them. I love the detail of the breast feathers and their slight disarray. Lesleynoreply@blogger.com