This has been a week of puppies rather than birds so if I’m going to keep to my promise of a new post every Friday I need to share something I had partly prepared earlier – unfortunately it’s not a delicious meal with all the trimmings as I’m pretty hungry at the moment!
I had an idea to put together a triptych that shows the truth about bird photography. A club judge saw it recently and he didn’t get it at all, which makes me wonder if it’s only funny to me.
White-naped Honeyeater
Canon 5D Mk III, 100-400mm L IS USM, 1/800, f/5.6, ISO 800, focal length 400mm
White-naped Honeyeaters are delightful little birds with olive-green backs, black heads with a white nape and a bright crescent above a brown eye. They can be found in forests and woodlands in southern Western Australia, and from eastern South Australia to northern Queensland. They eat nectar and insects and generally forage high in the canopy so it’s always special to get a good look at them.
White-naped Honeyeater – preparing for take-off
Canon 5D Mk III, 100-400mm L IS USM, 1/800, f/5.6, ISO 800, focal length 400mm
I often get images of this end of little birds! They move crazily quickly. I like the detail of its fluffy tail feathers as it prepares to leave the scene.
White-naped Honeyeater’s perch – hmm, I probably didn’t need to add this image, but I have had a lot of sleepless nights recently so please forgive me
Canon 5D Mk III, 100-400mm L IS USM, 1/800, f/5.6, ISO 800, focal length 400mm
Images of their empty perches aren’t too rare either. A while ago I created a post called Blurs, bottoms and blinks, it’s another post that made me smile, you might enjoy seeing it if you haven’t already.
White-naped Honeyeater triptych – Real Bird Photography
Canon 5D Mk III, 100-400mm L IS USM
I thought these three images were perfect to tell the true story of bird photography; hopefully this triptych hasn’t left my lovely readers as baffled as it left the judge.
Happy birding, Kim
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