Australian Logrunner
Orthonyx temminckii.
Also known as the Southern Logrunner or the Spine-tailed Logrunner.
Almost a good shot, but the eye is not in focus (at 100% magnification), but still the best shot of one of these I've managed so far.
The plummage on it's back blends in beautifully with the rainforest leaf litter and thus these birds can be very easily overlooked. They live mostly on the forest floor in dense rainforest making them a difficult bird to photograph, but rewarding when you do.
View all photos taken: Sunday, 1st August 2010, This photo: 2:03pm
My first reaction was - how do you see these guys ... well done David
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kathrine-carter] Luckily they scratch in the leaf litter a lot ;-)
u must be quiet quick or very patient...or maybe abit of both. It looked rather shy to be taken photo off.
Lovely - very hard guys to photograph.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/1vy] You have to be all of that Hang. :)
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616984@N07] Absolutely. Made my day to get two elusive birds in the one session.
Great capture!!!!!
Damn hard to get and done well.
I couldn't even see them through my viewfinder! After the opportunity had passed I took off the teleconverter and found focussing in the gloom much better although still not easy!
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/45218841@N07] Thanks!
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/ross_m] Definitely tough. This is where the bigger viewfinder on a full frame body really comes in to play. Easier to manually touch up the focus.
its a pretty little thing !
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/33085391@N00] Aye, that they be ;-)
Excellent photo, they are not easy. Seem to be either running around or with head stuck in leaf litter.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kjbeath] Absolutely. I still want to get a better shot of one of these, but 'tweren't a bad effort anyway.
Nice shot! It can be pretty hard to get a decent shot when these guys aren't up to their neck in the soil they're diggin through for some food. Great work, Dave.