Yeah, sorry, it's fantails again (I'm very fond of them). We had three of them in our garden this morning. One of them came to check me out. They're quite tame as people often disturb the insects they feed on. I had to keep stepping back because it'd come within the minimum focus distance of my lens (2m, about 6'). http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1115/#peso http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1116/#peso Once again I was fighting for light so I had to bring up the exposure in ACR. Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6, 1/750 at f/5.6, ISO3200 Cheers, Dave

great capture. and a beautiful bird Toine On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 10:47, David Mann <dmann.nz@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yeah, sorry, it's fantails again (I'm very fond of them). We had three of them in our garden this morning. One of them came to check me out. They're quite tame as people often disturb the insects they feed on. I had to keep stepping back because it'd come within the minimum focus distance of my lens (2m, about 6'). > > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1115/#peso > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1116/#peso > > Once again I was fighting for light so I had to bring up the exposure in ACR. > > Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6, 1/750 at f/5.6, ISO3200 > > Cheers, > Dave > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Very nice! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 4:47 AM David Mann <dmann.nz@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah, sorry, it's fantails again (I'm very fond of them). We had three of > them in our garden this morning. One of them came to check me out. > They're quite tame as people often disturb the insects they feed on. I had > to keep stepping back because it'd come within the minimum focus distance > of my lens (2m, about 6'). > > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1115/#peso > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1116/#peso > > Once again I was fighting for light so I had to bring up the exposure in > ACR. > > Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6, 1/750 at f/5.6, ISO3200 > > Cheers, > Dave > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. >

A fantail came inside at my daughter's preschool today and fluttered around the building for a few minutes before finding its way back out. According to Maori legend, if a fantail comes indoors it's a harbinger of death. But she found two four-leaf clovers in the lawn beforehand so maybe it'll cancel out. Cheers, Dave > On Apr 13, 2021, at 8:57 PM, Toine <toine@repiuk.nl> wrote: > > great capture. and a beautiful bird > > Toine > > On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 10:47, David Mann <dmann.nz@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Yeah, sorry, it's fantails again (I'm very fond of them). We had three of them in our garden this morning. One of them came to check me out. They're quite tame as people often disturb the insects they feed on. I had to keep stepping back because it'd come within the minimum focus distance of my lens (2m, about 6'). >> >> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1115/#peso >> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1116/#peso >> >> Once again I was fighting for light so I had to bring up the exposure in ACR. >> >> Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6, 1/750 at f/5.6, ISO3200 >> >> Cheers, >> Dave >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

they  look like a longer tailed version of our chickadees .. who are also quite tame .. I very much like taht first one - sweet expression and he does look inquisitive ann On 4/13/2021 4:47 AM, David Mann wrote: > Yeah, sorry, it's fantails again (I'm very fond of them). We had three of them in our garden this morning. One of them came to check me out. They're quite tame as people often disturb the insects they feed on. I had to keep stepping back because it'd come within the minimum focus distance of my lens (2m, about 6'). > > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1115/#peso > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1116/#peso > > Once again I was fighting for light so I had to bring up the exposure in ACR. > > Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6, 1/750 at f/5.6, ISO3200 > > Cheers, > Dave > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks

Great photos On April 13, 2021 1:47:49 AM PDT, David Mann <dmann.nz@gmail.com> wrote: >Yeah, sorry, it's fantails again (I'm very fond of them). We had three >of them in our garden this morning. One of them came to check me out. >They're quite tame as people often disturb the insects they feed on. I >had to keep stepping back because it'd come within the minimum focus >distance of my lens (2m, about 6'). > >http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1115/#peso >http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1116/#peso > >Once again I was fighting for light so I had to bring up the exposure >in ACR. > >Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6, 1/750 at f/5.6, ISO3200 > >Cheers, >Dave >-- >%(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.