Taken on 27/09/2009
I saw White throated laughingthruth and clambered over a lot of rocks to follow it, it soon met up with 8 others but they wouldn't settle ;-( I managed some record shots when a loud noise came from behind them and they all flew away I was standing there trying to con-soul myself with the record shots I had (not worth posting but still a tick ;-)) when this fellow appeared ;-))))))))) Actually he was only four feet away from me (very big about the size of a jackdaw) . I knew he was to close to focus on and I only had my 600mm with me and the converter was still attached! I didn't even want to blink in case he spotted me a flew away. Within about a minute he did and I thought that was it ! Standing there gutted and chimping through my stuff he then decided to come back ;-) The light was still poor and I had to shoot at 1200ASA (full frame) and I did manage to remove the converter so here he is ;-)))))) got about 12 shots before he got even closer. He then eventually saw me again and flew away for good With temperatures around 29c and humidity at 90% I was drenched with sweat and rain. As I clambered back over the rocks I slipped and landed on my Scottish pride (still got the bruises lol) But I didn't care I just laughed as I always wanted to see one of these guys!!! - Oh and there are not supposed to be found that far east according to my book!
Equipment
7d 600 hand held.
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