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Noisy Miner
Noisy Miner - (Manorina melancephala) These little birds are very common. Also called Micky Birds. They live in small groups and are extremely tenacious. I listen out for them. They tell me when something strange or threatening is in the area. This one was the first to land on my back yard set up. I tried an Australian flower, but that effort failed. The aloe flower was drenched with a weak solution of honey and water.
Late in the afternoon, overcast day. I think the IQ has suffered here?
In ACR - Exposure and Highlights to the left
In PSCS6 - HSL Layer on flower, HSL on BG. Cropped and smart sharpened for posting
Canon 5D2
Sigma 150-600mm @ 200mm
f5.6 @ 1/1250
ISO 4000
Tripod
C&C Always welcomed and appreciated.
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Wow what a cool bird I have never heard of, thanks for the info. The bird is nice and sharp, I was drawn right to the eye. background is nice, flower is a little out of focus. Nice pic!
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LOVE this! Very excellent shot. I have never heard about this bird either, Glennie, so I don't know if you need a slight correction on blue around the head, but it doesn't bother me at all.
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Gorgeous! So nice that the stalk repeats to pose of the bird. Looks very sharp but would have been better to zoom in quite a bit more, to get more pixels on the subject. Of course, that will tax any issues with keeping the camera/lens steady if hand-holding, but really shouldn't be a problem.
Minor point, but I'd select the beak and try to get a little more detail in it -- just darkening it with a curve might do it.
I don't know the bird otherwise but colors look good -- I'm not seeing the sort of red-magenta color cast that some of your others have had.
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Michael - Thank you. These little guys are like "cane toads with wings". They have been known to drive a lot of other birds away from "their" territory. In regards to the OOF flower, I must admit, when taking this photo I was concentrating on the bird. The flower was a little behind the bird...and at that aperture would expect the flower to be OOF. Here lies another quandary. Do you want an attractive flower to be the hero in a bird shot? I'm always torn on these things.
Adhika - Thank you. I so look forward to your comments. I can count on you to carefully consider every square pixel. When I first looked at the HSL layer I pushed the blue slider up just to see how much blue there was in this bird. There's a great deal! I have actually desaturated to -10.
Diane - Thank you, as always. How's the Grandma, staff photographer and cat scratching duties going!
Look out. That Adhika is getting eyes like yours. I did see the beak and actually did a darkening curve on it. Yes. I should have zoomed in a little more, the post would have got in the way. Now I know this little guy might be back, I'll try to set up something a little different to give me a better vantage point.
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Glennie more DoF, say f/8, I think the head is slightly away from you sadly, hence the beak.
Adjusting the Purple/Magenta I feel will resolve any colour issue and drop the Highlights a fraction. Perhaps say +6 (amounts optional) just 'perks' things up IMHO.
Steve
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Grandma and her older daughter and the happy parents are all in paradise, as is the weather! Wiley Rose is an Anne Geddes baby -- 5 lbs and a month early but not officially a preemie. Scoring great on all the health checks.
The cat thinks I'm the dumbest person he's ever had to deal with. First I fed him in the dog dish (the dog is boarding for another week). The second feeding he went to great pains to show me HIS dish. Then he couldn't explain to me how to open the screen door to the kitchen so he could come in. He was very polite about it but obviously miffed.
I'll post a couple of pictures in my earlier thread.
