G'day Krishna, I'm glad you enjoyed them. Everyone who's seen these shots say that they prefer 2090. I guess I have no taste :-)
2131 is a fun shot, every time I see it I just start smiling like an idiot. Thanks for looking, Dave S On Apr 12, 2005 12:42 AM, Krishna M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a gallery of lively pictures - particularly your 2090 is the best - > great composition - the bird covering the frame diagonally -- and background > fully thrown out of focus making the bird stand out. > Among the portraits I think the 2146 is the best; the 2152 is very good in > lighting and focus, but I felt, it has a distracting background. > The topper is the 2131 which is just great -- it is not very often that you > get a picture like that. It instantly brings a smile to the viewer -- a real > enjoyable picture. > Regards > Krishna > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 10:01 AM > > Subject: GESO PESO : Willy Wagtail > > > > > >> G'day Folks, > >> > >> Yesterday the Savage household had a small visitor. Willy Wagtail > >> (Rhipidura leucophrys or Djidi djidi in the local aboriginal > >> dialect...gotta love Google <g>). They're a small native bird about > >> the size of a budgie. > >> > >> Anyway, after Dad finished mowing the lawn he was doing some > >> maintenance on the mower when this little guy/gal (?) paid him a > >> visit: > >> > >> http://tinyurl.com/3uhgt > >> > >> They're generally not too afraid of people, or anything for that > >> matter, but I've never seen one this fearless (Though I have seen them > >> attack crows & magpies that got too close to there nest. :-)). It > >> would follow you around the yard like a puppy, going after the small > >> flying insects you disturbed as you walked. It was quite happy with > >> this arrangement, however, if you stopped and sat down it would start > >> chirping at you as if to say "Hey, no sitting down on the job". When > >> the chirping didn't get it any results, it'd start jumping all over > >> you. > >> > >> I ended up spending about an hour and a half taking pictures (and just > >> enjoying the moment). Started off using the FA 80-320 & finished with > >> the FA100 macro. Towards the end I could get it to fly onto my left > >> hand while I took pictures with the right. > >> > >> This is my favorite of the lot: > >> > >> http://tinyurl.com/5by3b > >> > >> Here's the gallery (9 images between 100 -130k): > >> > >> http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/GESO/GESO_001/ > >> > >> Just though I'd share. Comments always welcome. > >> > >> Dave S > >> > >> > > > >
