Black morph South Island NZ fantail. ENDEMIC

Posted by unozig on Wed Oct 23, 2019 5:56 pm

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There are two colour forms or ‘morphs’ of fantail, with the more common pied morph occurring throughout its range, and the black morph comprising up to 5% of the South Island population, and occasionally occurring in the North Island.

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by Ron Day on Wed Oct 23, 2019 7:35 pm

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Zig, nice pose and detail on the black morph. A little more room for the bird within the frame would be nice. Thanks for sharing from NZ.

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by Alan Murphy on Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:33 am

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Nice detail and eye contact. The tight crop and clipped tail hurt it a bit.

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by Carol Clarke on Fri Oct 25, 2019 4:00 pm

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A little more room all around would be better, but the pose and detail are very nicely captured. A sweet little bird.

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by unozig on Fri Oct 25, 2019 4:21 pm

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Alan Murphy wrote:Nice detail and eye contact. The tight crop and clipped tail hurt it a bit.

No worries I will reshoot as it's in the top 3 commonest back yard birds for me.

PS. My style is NO CROPPING and closeups to appreciate the bird and not the background

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by Cynthia Crawford on Tue Oct 29, 2019 5:03 am

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Sweet shot. Appreciate your idea of getting close-ups and not cropping. Maybe just back up a bit to get all the ends of the tail, etc.

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by unozig on Tue Oct 29, 2019 3:31 pm

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Cynthia Crawford wrote:Sweet shot. Appreciate your idea of getting close-ups and not cropping. Maybe just back up a bit to get all the ends of the tail, etc.

I will try again because it often approaches within a metre or two of people.

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