Hello,
Well, we were hanging out the washing in our back garden in Brisbane when this bad boy arrived, being harassed by a squadron of Noisy Miners. He landed in a nearby tree so I rushed indoors to grab the camera + lens and managed to squeeze off a few hurried shots as he hopped around inside the canopy. The 7D auto focus worked wonders in isolating the bird from the foliage.
I may have over sharpened them a wee bit in my enthusiasm to squeeze out the feather detail and the exposure was a little tricky due to some back lighting and the dappled shade. It’s also been a while since I have used the 400mm F5.6 and so I lost a few frames due to the wobbles...
From the expression on his face, I think that he knew that I was stalking him – what a penetrating stare!
Cheers
Dennis