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Pied Fantail


Pied Fantail
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Copyright: Pam Russell (coasties) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3815 W: 505 N: 8096] (27714)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-05-20
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 100-400mm L IS USM, Digital RAW 200, Hoya UV 77mm
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/160 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-05-21 3:33
Viewed: 1244
Points: 44
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Fantail

The fantail is about the size of a house sparrow. His distinct multicolour coat is made up of a dark olive brown covering his head and back, a white tail, a yellow stomach and white splashes on his neck and above the eye. His enchanting, fantail tail provides even more color. He is a cheeky bird who delights in displaying his fan to observers. He will emit a chirpy noise to get attention and then fly around in short, acrobatic circles before opening his tail proudly.

The fantail makes his home in New Zealand’s forest and bushland. He has, however, been known to venture into people’s domestic gardens. To attract one to your place, try planting abelia hedge plants or other insect attracting shrubs. The fantail will zone in on such plants in his ever vigilant search for insects and flies. He is an expert at catching such tasty little treats. The fantail himself, however, makes easy pickings for cats, so keep this in mind before inviting too many of them over.

Back home in the bush, the fantail is an expert home builder, making a compact, cup shaped nest out of fibres, moss and bark. The internal lining is made of cobwebs. This is just as well, for the bird is a prolific breeder, producing up to five broods in a season. This usually takes place between January and August. It takes 15 days for the chicks to hatch from their eggs.

New Zealand is not the only home to the fantail. The white-brown fantail can be found in Bangladesh and India. Australia is home to the willy-wagtail fantail which, at about 23 centimeters, is one of the largest fantails. There are, in fact, about two dozen different types of fantail around the world, mostly in the South Pacific. The official name for the fantail is Rhiphidura Rufifrons.

The above obtained from http://nv.essortment.com/fantail_rvhr.htm

IMAGE INFORMATION

Camera: Canon 20D
Time of day: 4:47 p.m.
Date: 20th May 2006
Weather conditions: Clear
Lens: Canon 100-400mm L IS
Filter: Hoya 77mm UV
Shutter Speed: 1/160
F-Stop: F/5
Focal Length: 200mm
ISO: 200
Original file type: Digital Raw
DOBIS, loot, senamo2001, ddg, metcher, wallhalla15, jmouche, Zeno, marhowie, dew77, Violetteddy, klemmg, thistle has marked this note useful
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  • DOBIS Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 126 W: 16 N: 170] (632)
  • [2006-05-21 3:58]

Hi Pam,
very nice picture, I like the DOF, and the combination of detailed front and background is perfect.
Tomas

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  • loot Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5451 W: 594 N: 3650] (10031)
  • [2006-05-21 4:14]

Hi Pam
Thanks for introducing me to yet another beautiful little bird. You have captured this guy very well and TFS.
The composition is great with the diagonal twig running through the frame. The POV, colours, DOF, details, BG, and exposure are all excellently done.
Great work my friend.
Regards
Loot

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  • ddg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 855 W: 23 N: 942] (5111)
  • [2006-05-21 4:24]

Hello Pam, very nice shot with a beautiful composition. This littel bird is too cute!! I like the blurred BG. Very well done, best regards, Didier.

Hi, Pam.
Very nice. So cute bird. Well composed and very sharp. Nice BG.

Hello Pam,
this is a very nice capture with a little bird. Great sharpness, POV and good colours too. This is a great composition with excellent note also. A good one, very well done. TFS.
Gr.
Heinz

Hi Pam,
Very nice capture.POV,framing and composition are wonderful.TFS..José

Hi Pam,
Very pretty bird and well captured, good details , nice colours and well composed.
Thanks for sharing!

Hi Pam,
sooooooo cute, I love your little birdy so much.
What nice colours and I like the lightreflection in the eye, very well done, thanks
Sabine - wishnugaruda

Hello Pam
It's very nice sharp picture.I try take some birds picture this afternoon,but is not good as yours.

Absolutely perfect focus, with excellent colours and POV!

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  • Zeno Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 451 W: 0 N: 975] (8383)
  • [2006-05-21 6:44]

Hi Pam,

This is what I call a cute little bird. Nice colors and interesting pose. Well done.

regards,
Zeno.

Good Morning Pam,
This is very sharp & detailed, just the right DOF. I like this composition, with the branch splitting the frame diagonally..Great color and BG as well.
Very well done.

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2006-05-21 8:28]

Hello Pam,
This one is also excellent.Sharpness,POV,cross framing and composition are wonderful.TFS....:-)

What a cute little bird. BG and the bird have very similar colours but yet you amazingly brought out the bird out of BG so beautifuly. Superb photo, Pam.
Yukiko

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  • Blanca (20)
  • [2006-05-21 12:48]

Hello Pam, thanks for your comment. I must say you have an excellent gallery. This picture is well sharpened and the light and colour are perfectly resulted. Best regards.

I really like this one a lot, the expression on this cute little passerine is priceless, he sure is a cutey. The exposure is really nice on the multiple colored tones. The DOF is right on the money. :)

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  • klemmg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 302 W: 40 N: 484] (1719)
  • [2006-05-21 16:56]

Hi Pam,

Great capture of this little fellow, wonderful pose and colours, you captured the catchlight to bring out the eye, godd detail that brings out the feather texture.

Very well done!

Having tried to capture small birds lately, I now can appreciate how difficult it is, especially without the foliage getting in the way. Most of these little fellows are also rather nervous and as they are so small, getting close enough is difficult even with the longer lenses.

Congrats your success!

Regards,
Gabi

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1575 W: 5 N: 2181] (12250)
  • [2006-05-22 7:56]

WoW!

Félicitations Pam pour cette prise j'aime beaucoup ce petit oiseau.

Merci pour cette belle présentation.

joseph

hi pam
j'aime beaucoup cette presentation avec la branche qui coupe la photo dans sa diogonale,et l'oiseau d'une netteté impeccable.
laurent

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  • jo8 Silver Note Writer [C: 1 W: 0 N: 14] (99)
  • [2006-05-24 4:10]

Another great shot. What a lovely little friend he looks like.
Very sharp :)

Hello Pam,
Great shot! Lovely subject captured in a lovely pose. Great framing and details.
I like it!
VERY WELL DONE!

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  • twin Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 252 W: 17 N: 494] (3255)
  • [2006-05-28 2:18]

what a lovely bird it is... :)
nicely composed with the diagonal branch...
eveything is great with this pic..
I like it much...
well done...

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