Gibberbird

[Simon Bennett]

Gibberbird Ashbyia lovensis photographed near Tibobburra NSW. These birds only occur in the harsh gibber (hard g - aboriginal for stone) deserts of outback Australia. That's a gibber he's standing on.


Canon 7D, EF500mm f/4, skimmer ground pod + mongoose 3.6, kwik camo, audio, ISO400, f/6.3, 1/2000, cropped for composition.

[Tom Rambaut]

Great to see this bird Simon - love the low angle and the alert on the stone pose. Love those red colours as well. I do not think people will realise where you have to go to see these and how hard they can be to find - saw one close to Mt Wood station last year just outside of this location. HA toward us would be nice. I have only one image of this species but this image is far better.

[Rod Warnock]

Excellent image, Simon !! Typical pose for the species as often they will anchor on a gibber for long periods (not always when you after an image though :w3 !! Inclusion of enough habitat also adds. That road north from Tibooburra NSW to the Queensland border is always worth a check on any thing this size for this species.
Best regards
Rod Warnock

[Melissa Groo]

Really like the setting and colors here, Simon. Details on bird look great too. It may be a trifle oversharpened such that it almost has a cutout appearance, but let's see if others think that. At any rate, really nice image!

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent light, details and bg.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Love the bird and the gibber it is on, super detail. I suspect I am on the same tack as Melissa but have you been playing with the blur filter, I suspect not due to the very low angle and close proximity I would imagine the DOF is very limited indeed.

[Simon Bennett]

Thank you all for your comments. No blur has been applied to the background.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely shot. Particularly the pose and the inclusion of habitat. I only wish for a little head turn. Thanks for the new word, and a new bird for me.

[Mark Itol]

Great shot. Love the pose, colors, shooting angle, and those stones. I'm fine with the head angle as it is but agree a little more towards the shooter would have been nice. I agree that sharpening seems to have been overdone.