TomKal foto

We had to spend a few hours to take the pictures presented here. Although there was no need to chase the birds in the woods but in the bushes, where shooting them took me the longest, it was hard to keep up with them as they were very dynamic. A few hours seems to be a lot in terms of Australia where I could get used to shooting almost every moment some new species. It is no problem to become accustomed to easier shooting conditions. In Poland it happened many times that the "trip" ended up with blank card. In Australia such situation is improbable, what is more without any camouflaging, lookouts. But there was an additional difficulty in photographing the Fairywren, it was  its size. It is a bit smaller than our wren, because its weight does not exceed 14 grams and a wingspan 13 centimeters, and it is lively indeed. It is impossible to predict in which direction it will move so you have to watch it off-camera then quickly try to focus and take the picture. I was sitting almost motionless not too far from the bushes in which the Fairywrens were, after half an hour – three quarters of an hour they got confident and appeared much closer to me making it easier to take pictures. Especially females, but they were not particularly those I was striving for. So, it cost me a little hassle but it was worthwhile. This dainty bird, especially males, in close-up shows its charm. Sexual dimorphism is very clear and as usually males are more colorful than females. The Superb Fairywrens can have up to three broods a year. Crimson rosellas coming there now and then seemed huge compared to fairywrens. Going further into the forest I managed to take more interesting photos, including a few shots of the Kookaburra which will appear in the news soon.