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Little Black Cormorant

Little Black Cormorant (Image ID 38575)
Photographed byGlenn Pure on Fri 24th Jan, 2020 and uploaded on Sat 1st Feb, 2020 .
Resolution1366x1050
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ID38575
CommentA simple portrait - I do love those green-blue eyes. There's a good population of these cormorants at the arboretum but they are now using a different perch to one they previously favoured. There were maybe half a dozen perched in this one dead tree on the edge of the island of the southern pond. I've cloned out a few dead branches to the right of the bird.
EquipmentCanon 80D with EF 100-400mm Mark 2, handheld at 400mm 1/200 sec, f6.3, ISO 1600. Initially processed in Canon DPP 4 to crop, adjust exposure and lighting and perform noise reduction (at about 50% of default values). 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(s) using Neat Image plugin for PSE. Stronger noise reduction was applied to the remainder. Main subject selected and adjustments made to lighten shadows, darken highlights and increase midtone contrast as appropriate. Inverse of main subject selected and adjustments made as appropriate to contrast, highlights, shadows and saturation to make the bird stand out more effectively. Main subject sharpened after resizing for upload.
LocationSherwood Arboretum, Queensland
Keywordsadult, breeding plumage/features
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