Another firetail

again taken with DA 300 & pentax 1.7 converter


Some times see 20 or 30 of these hoping around looking for seed.

Lovely picture Don of a crackin' looking bird

Very nice.

I think your colouring these in and in fact, they are the common brown Aussie spuggy because I don't see them over this side......

(Neochmia temporalis is an estrildid finch that inhabits the east coast of Australia).

Best regards

Great shot, Don - lovely composition and fantastic colour rendition. It also shows that the DA 300 is every bit as crisp with the 1.7xTC as it is with the newer 1.4.

Thanks all

Beautifully sharp and colourful. I do think you might have an advantage over us Brits here due to the light levels. At the moment I struggle to get 1/100 at F5.6 and ISO 400 and that's stretching it a bit in the sharpness department when trying to hand hold 420mm of lens and teleconverter.

Regards
David