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Lewin's Rail

Lewin's Rail (Image ID 25311)
Photographed byGlenn Pure on Fri 14th Apr, 2017 and uploaded on Fri 21st Apr, 2017 .
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ID25311
CommentThe bird was not far off the boardwalk around Lake Curalo and was moving through the open areas, not hugging the reeds. It seemed unfazed by people walking past on the boardwalk only 6 or so metres away. I dropped down off the boardwalk and crouched down in some low vegetation (although I would have been clearly visible to the bird). It went about its business, seeming not to notice me. This shot was taken when it was only a few metres away and is nearly an uncropped frame. Bird was in shadow with strong backlight, making for a difficult shot. To compound problems, I'd accidentally turned my image stabiliser off and most of the shots I got were discards.
EquipmentCanon 80D with EF 100-400mm Mark 2, handheld at 400mm
1/250 sec, f7.1, ISO 1250.
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.
LocationLake Curalo, Eden, New South Wales
PBIG Stars
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