I See You

[Lance Peters]

D3
Sigmonster @800mm
F8
1/250TH
800 ISO
Matrix metering
SB900 ITTL FP @ -1.3
Tripod

Comments welcome and appreciated.

:)

[Hilary Hann]

These are great little birds, we have them in our garden but they are quite hard to photograph. I like the way the bird just pops out of the foliage and in fact, I would have been happy to see all the foliage out of focus.
Like the colour combination and the beak full.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Hilary - the secret is to find their food source and then position yourself so that you have a good view. They will often return to the same perch - find a perch with a good clean BG that they land on and your are set.

[Hilary Hann]

Good advice Lance. I'd like to get more of our little birds but it takes planning. We had a couple of New Holland Honeyeaters nesting right beside our door but I couldn't figure out how to take any photos due to the position of the nest. If they come back this year I think I have it figured out. We managed to fledge 2 (well the parent birds did!).

[Gus Cobos]

This little guy is well seen Mr. Peters...I like the pop up pose, you have a good head angle and sharp eye, the color rendition is good...good show...:cool:

[Gail Spitler]

Absolutely wonderful!!!
Cheers
Gail

[denise ippolito]

Lance, Beautiful framing. The BG colors are gorgeous and make your subject pop. Very nice detail and the meal is a bonus.

[Alfred Forns]

Sweet tittle and image to go along with it !!! :)

[Nonda Surratt]

Love it Lance, love the DOF and colors

[Richard Waas]

Great capture...... I love the background/foreground. Congrats!!

[Ron Boisvert]

Like Richard I love the foreground and background in this image, Lance. It's a great capture - can you tell me what kind of bird it is?
Thanks!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Ron - New Holland Honey Eater - quite common were I live and lots of fun - quick little fellows.

Thanks for the kind words everyone :)