Rufous Fantail
I'm quite happy that I got this shot as I have been trying to get photos of the Rufous Fantail for quite some time but never had the opportunity. They are a beautiful little bird probably a bit smaller than a house sparrow with a gorgeous fan tail. I have found them difficult to get photos of as they rarely sit still, rarely in good light and rarely in an area to get a clean shot. It was quite by chance that this guy was so caught up in chasing his dinner of small insects that he was quite oblivious to my friend and my presence. However, the big draw back was that is was in very dark undergrowth, but still flitted about a lot and with quite sudden movements and thus the AFing was difficult as was the balance of shutter speed and ISO.
Unfortunately, very high ISO exacerbated by the fact I had auto ISO set to a maximum ISO6400 so, the shots were underexposed by about 1.5 stops, meaning an ISO of about 18,000 or so.
Rufous Fantail
I'm quite happy that I got this shot as I have been trying to get photos of the Rufous Fantail for quite some time but never had the opportunity. They are a beautiful little bird probably a bit smaller than a house sparrow with a gorgeous fan tail. I have found them difficult to get photos of as they rarely sit still, rarely in good light and rarely in an area to get a clean shot. It was quite by chance that this guy was so caught up in chasing his dinner of small insects that he was quite oblivious to my friend and my presence. However, the big draw back was that is was in very dark undergrowth, but still flitted about a lot and with quite sudden movements and thus the AFing was difficult as was the balance of shutter speed and ISO.
Unfortunately, very high ISO exacerbated by the fact I had auto ISO set to a maximum ISO6400 so, the shots were underexposed by about 1.5 stops, meaning an ISO of about 18,000 or so.