Botanic Garden birds

[calissa]

My wonderful sister took me out to the Botanic Gardens last week and handed me her spare DSLR camera. This caused me no end of delight. I think my smartphone camera is wonderful, but there are some things it just can't do. Chief among these (in my opinion) is bird photography.


I found getting the point of focus right on the DSLR rather a challenge, both in auto and in manual. And I was thrown in the deep end somewhat, as wrens are damn tricky to catch on camera. Fortunately, I managed a few decent shots.



The Superb Blue Fairy Wrens were out in full force, with at least one male in his spectacular breeding colours.







This wren butt made me laugh.



One of the females.

The wrens weren't the only ones around. We also caught a few New Holland Honeyeaters.







Ninja bird!

Comments

[bironic]

Love the "butt shot" too! Lovely pix.

[calissa]

Thank you!

[umadoshi]

So pretty! ^_^

[calissa]

We're very lucky in our birdlife here.

[onewhitecrow]

I like the first one with the flowers and also the lady fairy wren, for that she is so delicate-looking on those legs...the honeyeater shots look like something out of a professional Australian bird book; stunningly alien to me. You have both a good eye and a quick clicking finger in the mix there, I think.

[calissa]

Thank you! You certainly need a quick clicking finger for the wrens. I ended up with a few photos with no birds in them because they'd hopped out of frame a split-second before.

I quite like the lady fairy wren, too.

[sweet_sparrow]

Oh, my. These shots are utterly lovely. <3

[calissa]

Thank you! I've been enjoying the challenge.

[clare_dragonfly]

Beautiful!

[calissa]

Thank you!

[sidheblessed]

That last shot is stunning. <3

I also laughed at the butt shot ehehehe.

[calissa]

Thank you! I was pretty pleased with how it turned out.

[bunny_m]

<3

Excellent work, with a high degree of difficulty. Birbs are hard!

[calissa]

They sure are! And wrens are probably one of the hardest, so I really jumped in the deep end.