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South Island Pied Oystercatcher

South Island Pied Oystercatcher (Image ID 25409)
Photographed byGlenn Pure on Thu 27th Apr, 2017 and uploaded on same date.
Resolution1400x859
Viewed279
ID25409
CommentThe underwing of the NZ pied oystercatcher is mostly white, unlike the Australian species. There were large numbers of these and Variable Oystercatchers congregated on the rocky flats close to the bird hide. Birds were flying in regularly from surrounding areas being submerged by the incoming tide.
EquipmentCanon 80D with EF 100-400mm Mark 2, handheld at 400mm
1/2500 sec, f7.1, ISO 1000.
Initially processed in Canon DPP 4 to crop, adjust exposure and lighting and perform noise reduction. A 16 bit TIFF file was created from the RAW DPP image and finished in PSE (Adobe Photoshop Elements v9) where further noise reduction was applied to the main subject using Neat Image plugin for PSE. The background was noise reduced and the main subject sharpened.
LocationThames, New Zealand
PBIG Stars
Keywordsin flight, adult
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