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BenBotha
11-07-2010, 01:02 PM
Canon 7D
Canon 500 F4 L
F 4.5
1/320
ISO 800
Tony Whitehead
11-07-2010, 01:28 PM
Lovely colours and textures in this Coucal image, Ben. BG is great but showing a lot of noise/compression artifact(?exacerbated by sharpening for web). A run of NR and masking the sharpening to the bird may help.
Daniel Cadieux
11-07-2010, 01:45 PM
Nice pose with this guy showing off his beautifully coloured wing. I also like the dark subdued lighting...putting in evidence a gloomy rainy day. I find the tail tip too close to the bottom edge, worth adding back canvas if you have it.
P.S. What is the name of this spcies?
Pieter de Waal
11-07-2010, 03:32 PM
Nice image Ben, I like the subdued light, wing position typical for this species and detailed feather pattern on the wing. Exposure and sharpness is great. Agree with Daniel re composition.
Scott Frye
11-07-2010, 03:54 PM
I like the natural colors
Bill Dix
11-07-2010, 04:09 PM
Nice pose, and simply gorgeous colors. Worth adding some canvas to the bottom and running NR on the background to put this one over the top.
Ken Watkins
11-07-2010, 11:37 PM
A good week for Coucals in the open, and this is the best yet.
Fabulous and true colours
I think it is a Burchell's.
:cheers::cheers:
BenBotha
11-08-2010, 05:11 AM
Thanks for the comments, and suggestions, all appreciated. Burchells Coucal. It was early morning after a rainstorm, I saw about 5-this one was the best-the others-ISO 1200 and not as sharp.
Ben
Stu Bowie
11-08-2010, 09:34 AM
Good looking Coucal Ben, and I like the partially open wing. I agree, a tad tight at the bottom, and some NR on the BG will work.
Daniel Cadieux
11-08-2010, 11:41 AM
Thanks Ben for identifying the species:)
Dan Brown
11-08-2010, 11:46 AM
Very pleasing overall capture. I agree with the comments made (nr, more room at bottom). Very "earthy" tones! Nice!
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