Look, a bill in my beak!

[Matthew Jones]

Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)
QLD, Australia

Canon EOS 7D II | 100-400 f4.5-5.6 II @ 190mm | Handheld | Manual exposure | Flash EX 580 II |1/250 f/7.1 ISO 1000

Just for fun - Bowerbirds are infamous for their predisposition for nicking and hoarding. The Satin, shown here collects yellow, green, white but mainly blue objects to attract females to its bower. This got me wondering what it would do with a blue $10.00 bill (with minor yellow and white markings). Boom here is the answer - thank you very much! Not only could he attract a female but also take her out afterwards

[Colin Driscoll]

Good one Matt!

[keith mitchell]

Good bit of thinking Mathew and a great result.brave enough to put your money on it.

Keith.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Ha ha, that's awesome man! It picked up the bill in the right pose! I like the comp. A bit of a flashed look, but you did not have much choice. I suppose you could tweak the levels and see if you can minimize that. I'd also remove the oof grass that is touching the head. Taking baiting to another level, now we have to start paying our subjects?

[arash_hazeghi]

very cool Matthew, this must be the money shot it could use some NR

best

[Matthew Jones]

Thanks all - Dan and Ari RP as suggested (highlights and shadows adjustment, BNR & content aware removal of head object)