Red Wattlebird and young

[Alan]

Anthochaera carunculata on Xanthorrhoea yesterday



D7000 300mm x1.7TC tripod through glass. f/7.1 1/125 1600 ISO +1EV The afternoon back light was horrible

[Sully]

Beautiful capture Alan .... teaching the young one 'how to'

[HansE]

Very nice. Are you going to make a book?

[Phoenix]

Very nice indeed. Love the perch and the red eye really pops..in the right place and way.
Gives a terrific comparison between parent and fledgling too.
You have softened the background really nicely but I think I'd be tempted to try to cover the roof outline... somehow just to give it a more caught in natural environment feel.

[Alan]

Thanks everyone.

Hans, someone did ask me to make a book with bird photos as a gift some time ago, but I forgot about it until you mentioned it.

Good point Jo, I did start on reducing the impact of the house, but got fed up with editing this image late last night. Me slack..

I didn't soften the b/g, it just came out that way.

How's this?

Cheers

[Ironwood]

Beautiful shot Alan, and I like the edit.

[avkomp]

Nice work on this. Not seen a baby wattlebird

[Alan]

Thanks Brad and Stephen (I'd never seen one before either - I wonder if they just have one?)

[wigz]

Great shot as usual. Good work getting them both in the frame.

[Alan]

Thanks Alan,

Not worth starting another thread. One more from today - there are actually two babies who are feeding on the blossoms themselves now.