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Pied Honeyeater

Pied Honeyeater (Image ID 39642)
Photographed byGlenn Pure on Thu 10th Oct, 2019 and uploaded on Sat 21st Mar, 2020 .
Resolution1600x1096
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ID39642
CommentA relatively rare sighting at Gluepot but seen on a several different occasions. Male also observed. The bird shows the characteristic pale blue gape and on the lower part of the eye ring. If you are wondering why I took this at f/9 rather than a wider aperature, I had been trying for shots of fights between Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters which congregated in large numbers at the water trough. Inevitably conflict sometimes arose and I had stopped down to get all the action in focus. Simply forgot to reset my aperture when this one turned up out of the blue.
EquipmentCanon 80D with EF 100-400mm Mark 2, handheld at 400mm 1/1600 sec, f9, 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.
LocationGluepot reserve, South Australia
Keywordsfemale, adult
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