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Inspiring and Supporting Photographers of Australian Birds

Brolga

Brolga (Image ID 23439)
Photographed byGlenn Pure on Tue 27th Dec, 2016 and uploaded on same date.
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ID23439
CommentThe soft light helps greatly - an attempt at a similar image some weeks earlier in full sun was not very pleasing. The bird is 'captive'. It is one of a pair kept in a low fenced enclosure where they could fly away if it wasn't for the fact that their wings had been clipped. The Sanctuary, as it is called, in which this pond is located is surrounded by a high electric fence to keep the feral predators out.
EquipmentCanon 80D with EF 100-400mm Mark 2, handheld at 330mm
1/320 sec, f 8, ISO 1600. Image was over-exposed almost 2 EV but has been sorted out surprisingly well in post-processing.
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.
LocationTidbinbilla Nature Reserve, Australian Capital Territory
PBIG Stars
Keywordsadult
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