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Spotted Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote (Image ID 24251)
Photographed byTim Van Leeuwen on Thu 12th Nov, 2015 and uploaded on Sun 19th Feb, 2017 .
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ID24251
CommentI was photographing this Spotted Pardalote one sunny day and thought I would slow the shutter down to reduce my ISO settings. The little Pardalote had been sitting quietly but as soon as I refocused he took off giving me this small gift. I have always liked this image and have raised the idea of more creative photography with our BLP leadership in the past as I think this may open up many wonderful photography opportunities.
Hats off to our committee for launching this category and lets home my little Pardalote isn't lonely for long.
EquipmentCanon 5D Mark 111
Canon 200-400 f4
iso 200 - 1/200 - f5.6 - 456mm - manual exposure - hand held - spot metering
Initially processed in Canon DPP 4 to crop, adjust exposure and lighting and perform noise reduction on bird. A 16 bit TIFF file was created from the RAW DPP image and finished in PSE (Adobe Photoshop Elements CC) where the background was noise reduced and the main subject sharpened.
LocationThe Briars - Mornington, Victoria
Keywordscreative image
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