Michael Kilpatrick

This is a male superb fairy wren. He was convinced that his reflection was a rival.

On m4/3 I have done a similar trip (in 2013) with a Pana 100-300. I wouldn't want to go any shorter than that. It, or the Oly 75-300 are both pretty compact and not a big deal to carry. I think you ...

Thanks Bobby. I'm going again in March 2019 and am really looking forward to it.

I have been to Africa a number of times. Most recent trip here : My default setting (not using a myset) is shutter priority, auto iso. Then I set the shutter speed based on conditions, with ...

Placed 5^th in the challenge. This is a male superb fairy wren, taken near Melbourne Zoo (Australia).

Thanks for your comments. The colour is as shot. The light was unusual in that it was slightly overcast, almost sunset and the glow in the background was the western sky reflected in a shallow ...

Excellent series.

Very well timed and captured.

Nice use of the shapes and well controlled exposure.

IBIS was involved also.

Very nicely done, especially the first.

These are very common in Melbourne, but this one was posing nicely.  The light was low, so they were shot at iso 3200 on a G9 with PL 100-400.

Well said.

Beautiful scene, light and composition. This would be good printed and framed.

Cute shot that tells a story. Nice sharpness on the dog's face too.

Yes, they all have red eyes. Thanks

G9 and PL 100-400.

There was heavy rain while we were there, which meant that some of the reserve, where drives would normally go from Entim, was inaccessible. We weren't aware of the road to Nairobi being closed, ...