Southern Emu-wren

Gallery: AvianPosted January 14, 2013225 views12 comments

This is a tiny, secretive wren which is very hard to get out into the open. After many many hours of trying to get a clean image of this species, one finally popped up in response to some "pishing".
D800, 300 2.8VRII, 1.7TC, f8, 1/800, ISO200, -2/6EV.
Thanks Greg.

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12 comments

Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on January 14, 2013 at 5:31 AM

Wow this is really neat! I have never seen a picture of one of these even...beautiful shot!

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on January 14, 2013 at 6:49 AM

Wow, very nice bird, and very good image! Well done!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 14, 2013 at 10:27 AM

Cool little bird - love that tail and it's colours. Nice BG and branches.
Seems a little soft - possibly a large crop since it is so tiny.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on January 14, 2013 at 11:50 AM

First of all an extremely attractive bird... Man ! But a darn fine image as well. Hats of ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on January 14, 2013 at 3:56 PM

Great view of that amazing tail.

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Comment posted by Graham Brown on January 14, 2013 at 5:46 PM

Lovely little bird, he looks a little overdesigned to me but I guess he uses that long tail for balance. I like the habitat shot and it's obviously not an easy bird to capture so well done on that. Graham

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 14, 2013 at 6:03 PM

A gorgeous bird, Greg and wonderfully photographed. Nice bg and the transition from sky to foliage works well with the transition from body to tail. Great pose and excellent detail.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on January 14, 2013 at 8:49 PM

Your patience paid off and what a wonderful tall perch to display that long tail. Very interesting looking bird. The light, pose, perch and background all look good, way to go.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on January 14, 2013 at 10:36 PM

Greg: This is really cool. I've never seen that species. Wonderful capture. Love the background and the bird.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on January 15, 2013 at 2:34 PM

Wonderful shot. Where was this taken?

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Comment posted by Bill Marsh on January 15, 2013 at 8:59 PM

Beautiful bird and comp. Love the colors. Great job! Looks like a painting.

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on January 16, 2013 at 1:25 PM

Great image of an interesting species, Greg. Very nicely composed. I really like the light and background.

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