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Jun 06, 2010 03:24 | #1

Spent part of a wet afternoon today planting fruit trees. This little fellow turned up to help so a grabbed the 5d and flash, off camera on longish cord, and zapped him a few times.

Their true name is Piwakawaka, and the name fits well....continuously on the move with a cheeky little cry that always welcomes.

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Jun 06, 2010 03:26 | #2

He tried to steal my crowbar, but I was too quick for him!

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Jun 06, 2010 06:49 as a reply to @ Ricardo222's post | #3

Nice captures there Ricardo. Always very difficult to shoot these little fellas, eh ?!!! They must drink a lot of Red Bull or something ?? ..... always on the go.

( You getting all the rain on your side of the hill ?? )

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Jun 06, 2010 09:16 | #4

Nice shots

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Jun 06, 2010 09:21 as a reply to @ akhan's post | #5

Superb! They look like relatives of what we call Long Tailed Tits over here

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Jun 06, 2010 09:22 | #6

Cute little guy, great shots.

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Jun 06, 2010 10:00 | #7

These are really cute little birds, and you have some beautiful shots here. Got a laugh out of me with that Crowbar comment and image.

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Jun 06, 2010 16:25 | #8

Mtn Breeze wrote in post #10311154

( You getting all the rain on your side of the hill ?? )

Matt.

More than enought, thanks Matt.
Did it hold out over ther till the grapes were in?

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Jun 06, 2010 16:33 | #9

Tendy wrote in post #10311629

Superb! They look like relatives of what we call Long Tailed Tits over here

Thanks Tendy. Any photos? Welcome to post here if you have.

canonloader wrote in post #10311636

Cute little guy, great shots.

Thanks Mitch.
BTW keep up the good work...

ajosteve wrote in post #10311804

These are really cute little birds, and you have some beautiful shots here. Got a laugh out of me with that Crowbar comment and image.

Thanks to everyone for the kind comments.

I was pleased with the effect of the off camera flash and will take it with me into the deep forest to try and capture some of the more elusive birds. Need someone to aim it properly, though. It's a bit hit and miss trying to follow the bird with eye to viewfinder and aim flash at the same time. Also, with no spare hand, it means I need to use auto focus and not manual as I prefer to in the bush.

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Jun 06, 2010 16:36 | #10

akhan wrote in post #10311601

Nice shots

Thanks Akhan.
You're really enjoying that 1D iv?

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