New Holland Honeyeater

[PhilCook]

Common here in Adelaide and consequently I dont bother taking photos of them, but sitting out in the back garden this morning this one was perching on one of my tomato stakes, so I tied a twig to the top of the stake and it wasn't long before he/she came in to investigate. Might have to find some more interesting/varied perches sometime and do same.

Weather was/is hot/humid and overcast so light was pretty poor, but at least the whites didn't blow.

Canon 7D + 500 f4. + 1.4 x TC.....700mm, f6.3, ISO 500, manual exposure, no flash used, tripod mounted....basic edit with small crop, selective sharpen, selective noise reduction and desaturate backdrop flowers

[Nikhil Patwardhan]

What a bird! The tonal gradation in the blacks is looking quite good and the pose is interesting, the yellow is just marvelous. The eye and beak could probably be selectively sharpened. Wondering if it is a wee bit too overexposed...

[Fernando Cerra]

Very nice bird I like the neck feathers all around good image

[PhilCook]

What a bird! The tonal gradation in the blacks is looking quite good and the pose is interesting, the yellow is just marvelous. The eye and beak could probably be selectively sharpened. Wondering if it is a wee bit too overexposed...

Taa Nikhil, my monitor is not professionally calibrated so it could possibly be a little overexposed...not sure. Hopefully I'll get a better chance when the light is better to bring out more detail and work the exposure a little better

[Arthur Morris]

Wow, this one is a stunner! Love the bird especially that perfect head angle. Exposure looks spot on--perhaps you can bring out a bit more detail in the whites of the neck with a Linear Burn or some Detail Extractor from NIK Color Efex Pro. Love the view of those feet two. I know that the merge of the bill and the perch should but me but it does not!

[Loi Nguyen]

Phil, the perch really made this image complete. Love the color contrast and the nice OOF BG.

[Richard Unsworth]

Very nice frame. Sharp, detailed and nicely exposed.
Im spending today tieing sticks to the sheep fence.
btw what shutter speed

[PhilCook]

Very nice frame. Sharp, detailed and nicely exposed.
Im spending today tieing sticks to the sheep fence.
btw what shutter speed

oops, shutter speed 1/200

I think you'll find the sticks tied to the top fence wire will work well....even better if you can set up a hide nearby. I'll get around to sorting all my Robin images in rural Australia sometime using this technique

[christopher galeski]

very nice Phil,exposure looks ok on my screen,nice pose like the perch,sharp.thanks.

[Karl Egressy]

Very nice image, love the pose and the perch is excellent, Phil.

[Jeannean Ryman]

Beautiful example of what is "common" to some, has never been seen by others (me ;). It's a beautiful photo and good idea to add a nicer perch for the bird to get on.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Phil, amazing bird, I like the perch, the colors and the pose. Well done
TFS.

[dankearl]

Another amazing bird.
The perch, pose and just really cool subject is really nice.