Most Satin Bowerbirds you see are green. These green birds are females and immature males. The adult male blue-black plumage is only acquired after seven years.
Canon 40D, EF500 f/4, 580ex flash, tripod, ISO200, 1/80, f/4, fec -1 2/3, a bit cropped from the left, New South Wales south coast.
Now that is one interesting eye color! Great pose, too. I would give it more room, especially top and right. Maybe you could have gone to ISO 400 in order to be able to stop down more for wider DOF.
While I am not a big fan of bird's on the forest floor, you have done really well here. I am fine with the d-o-f, my eyes riveted to the bird's eye and the patterning on the upper breast. Later and love and thanks for sharing, artie
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Great shot, Simon. Well isolated against the BG. I really like the blue eye and the blue on the beak. I might be tempted to blur and desaturate slightly the green grass on the right foreground.
Fantastic eye and beautifully patterned breast feathers. Not easy to get a good exposure when taken in dimly lit forests, so you did well with this shot.