Chestnut-breasted Munia

[griffljg]

Yesterday, I went for a quick stroll around the Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve. It was the first time I had been there, which is quite surprising as it is only about 10 mins drive from where I live. I picked up a few shots of birds while strolling around. I am going to have to go back there, be patient, and try again.

This was one of the better ones. - A Chestnut-breasted Munia. I am quite pleased at how it came out, considering that it is such a small bird and the wind was blowing, causing the grass (and the bird) to sway backwards and forwards. The OM-1's ProCapSH2 and Subject Detection were a great help.

[shakyHands]

Nice. That's the approach I use too (ProCapSH2 + bird subject detect)

[Lez325]

Lovely shot indeed - what a nice looking bird too

[chrisjim]

Excellent shot lovely pose as well.

[Gerry]

Super shot well caught.

[MJ224]

Nice one. Is your SH2 set to 50 fps? It soon takes up a lot of space on the SD card..:-)

[griffljg]

Thanks Mark.

Yes, my SH2 is set to 50 fps. I am using a 64 GB UHS II card. I suppose I'll have to get bigger cards, if I keep on going this way. Fortunately storage space on my computers isn't a problem. My main computer has 14 TB allocated for photos and videos. It is all suitably backed up, both on-site and off-site.

[antpitta]

Really nice shot of a very smart bird. I didn't realise (until now!) that there are Munia's native to Australia - I always think of them as being Asian (or non-native introductions) species.

[griffljg]

Thanks. Nor did I, until I started looking for what bird I had photographed. 🙂

[MJ224]

I think they were introduced to Hawaii, where they "raped" fields of corn etc. Large flocks of them, I did get a shot of them a few years ago on Hawaii's Big Island...

[davcoll]

Very nice shot of a beautiful bird.

Dave

[Olybirder]

That's a great shot of a fine looking bird. Nice one Laurence.

Ron

[Phill D]

Thats a great shot Larry. I love the angle you captured on him accentuating his head.

[blackfox]

Very nice larry

[BDennis]

Nice one, I like it. Never seen one of those AFAIK! Well captured.

Bill

[griffljg]

Thanks for all the kind comments.

Having set the shutter speed to 1/2500 sec to take care of wing movement of flying birds and skittish smaller birds has had the consequence of leaving the lens wide open, with a corresponding loss of depth of field. As the ISO was only 640, I can see that I have a bit of room to play with. At least I have found a bird-watching spot very close to home. Time to go out and play some more.