Richard Unsworth
05-31-2012, 12:14 PM
Hi everyone
just got back from amonth in Portugal
This Hoopoe was taken in Orique in the beautiful Alentejo region of Portugal where wild flowers carpet the landscape everywhere in the springtime
The shot has beeen cropped from the left.
I found these birds very hard to photograph as they love to frustrate you by hiding deep in the grass and flowers.
They were impossible to approach in the open. I thinK the shot shows just how lovely the wild flowers are, but I know some will prefer a clean shot.
i saw the bird hit the ground and managed to get quite close by hiding behing bushes as I move towards it!
Light noise reduction to BG using Topaz and then smart sharpen after resizing for web.
1/1600 Ev +1 ISO 400 100-400 @400 f 5.6 7D
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just got back from amonth in Portugal
This Hoopoe was taken in Orique in the beautiful Alentejo region of Portugal where wild flowers carpet the landscape everywhere in the springtime
The shot has beeen cropped from the left.
I found these birds very hard to photograph as they love to frustrate you by hiding deep in the grass and flowers.
They were impossible to approach in the open. I thinK the shot shows just how lovely the wild flowers are, but I know some will prefer a clean shot.
i saw the bird hit the ground and managed to get quite close by hiding behing bushes as I move towards it!
Light noise reduction to BG using Topaz and then smart sharpen after resizing for web.
1/1600 Ev +1 ISO 400 100-400 @400 f 5.6 7D
<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input jscode="leoInternalChangeDone()" onclick="if(typeof(jsCall)=='function'){jsCall();}else{setT imeout('jsCall()',500);}" id="jsProxy" type="hidden">