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Originally Posted by h0ughy
excellent images dennis - showed my daughter and she liked them, but hated the snake - LOL
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Hi H0ughy
Thanks! So sorry about scaring your daughter – lucky I wasn’t in the frame! LOL!
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Originally Posted by acropolite
Superb images Dennis, how the hell you managed to get so close to those birds beats me, or are they tame living around a camping area??
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Hi Phil
Thanks! The birds were technically wild, although they are reasonably used to having campers around. The Wardens actively and strongly discourage feeding, although O’Reilly’s do have a designated feeding area for tourists’ approx ˝ km from the campsite where you can see flocks of Crimson Rosellas and King Parrots that will land on your arm and tear it to shreds with their claws!
The Eastern Yellow Robins landed on nearby wooden posts early morning and late afternoon in their search for big, fat, juicy worms so it was possible to get within 3 to 4 metres of them.
The Eastern Spinebill was busy feeding in the shrub so I managed to sneak up to with 2 to 3 metres and the Superb Fairy Wrens kept their distance (4 to 5 metres?) and were so quick that it was quite challenging to snap off even a single frame. Having the time to play a waiting game is what did it in the end. Here is the full frame of the Wren to give you an idea of how close you can get in this “less than truly wild” environment.
All were captured with the Canon EF 70-200 F4L.
Cheers
Dennis