wgeoff

I had a close encounter with a Fairy Pitta today on Po Toi.

Unfortunately, I screwed up with the photos because the wheel on my Canon had moved to Tv rather than Av - so the photos were too dark. Here are some done using the Adjust Lighting feature of Photoshop



This bird has some pale colour around the gape. I'm wondering if it is a first year bird?

[ Last edited by wgeoff at 26/08/2010 19:17 ]

wgeoff

Yes Mike, this is the problem.

Apparently Canon used to have a lock on this wheel but had too many complaints about faulty locks so they removed it. I gummed mine up with Blu Tak last year after a bad experience with a Black-headed Bunting, but it appears the Blu Tak dried out over the summer and failed to hold it. I've replaced the Blu Tak but too late for this bird.