Glenn Pure
09-28-2017, 07:45 AM
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One of our smallest birds. Eye colour and bill indicate immature. The adult birds are very hyperactive and hard to photograph. Typical of small birds, they spend much of their time hidden in bushes and foliage. This immature thornbill was keeping out of harm's way in the middle of a thicket while waiting for a parent to return with something to eat. I have blurred some leaves in the upper left corner. Crop is about a third of the frame area. Thank you for taking a look and providing any comments you may have.
Canon 700D with EF 100-400 (MkI) at 400mm handheld. Aperture priority exposure 1/320 sec, f8, ISO 800. Processed in Canon DPP 4 (digital lens optimiser, crop, lighting adjustments, default NR) then exported 16 bit TIFF to Photoshop Elements with Neat Image NR plugin. Very light NR applied to bird and stronger NR to background. Bird only sharpened (Sharpness function 0.4 pixels, 50%) after size reduction.
One of our smallest birds. Eye colour and bill indicate immature. The adult birds are very hyperactive and hard to photograph. Typical of small birds, they spend much of their time hidden in bushes and foliage. This immature thornbill was keeping out of harm's way in the middle of a thicket while waiting for a parent to return with something to eat. I have blurred some leaves in the upper left corner. Crop is about a third of the frame area. Thank you for taking a look and providing any comments you may have.
Canon 700D with EF 100-400 (MkI) at 400mm handheld. Aperture priority exposure 1/320 sec, f8, ISO 800. Processed in Canon DPP 4 (digital lens optimiser, crop, lighting adjustments, default NR) then exported 16 bit TIFF to Photoshop Elements with Neat Image NR plugin. Very light NR applied to bird and stronger NR to background. Bird only sharpened (Sharpness function 0.4 pixels, 50%) after size reduction.