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    Photographed in local eucalypt woodland. It was overcast so I tried some fill flash.

    Canon 40D, EF500mm f/4 + 1.4 tc, tripod, 580EX flash + flash extender, ISO400 + neat image, evaluative, manual exposure off the background, 1/150, f/8, fec -2/3, full frame.
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    Neat image Simon. These are just gorgeous little birds. They are quite challenging as they flit around so fast - I have an NZ version that I will post at some stage. Fantastic background and I like how the perch blurs on either side.
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    Very nice Image. I love the complementary colors of the bg and the settings. The sharpness looks a bit weird. Maybe looks oversharpened.
    Please, share more from Australia. :)
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    HI Simon and welcome to BPN.

    Very nice portrait of a very cute warble. The clean BG really makes me focus in your subject.

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    Welcome, Simon. Beautiful bird and BG. I find the bird a bit too centered and might crop off the right a little bit. I'm sure the details look great at 100%, here it appears a bit oversharpened. Keep them coming.

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    Beautiful image, great bokeh and colour on the BG. Does appear oversharpened...welcome to BPN and look forward to more!

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    Congrats!
    Great image!

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    This is a wonderful image. Great opening post Simon!

    I love the nice clean BG and the pose is great too. Nits covered. Welcome!

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    Welcome Simon, great to see more Aussies on-line at BPN!

    Other than it being a little too centered for my taste, I love the overall effect of the colors and the BG as well as the perch. You nailed it well. They are tough little buggers for sure.

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    Thank you all for your comments, especially those pointing out that the image appeared oversharpened. I had used Manyk's downsizing and sharpening photoshop action which normally does a great job, but with the fine feather detail things looked a bit odd. So here is an unsharpened version.

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    The unsharpened version looks good. The background works well with the bird. It's hard to catch these guys out in the open like this.

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