Inspiring and Supporting Photographers of Australian Birds
Photographed by | Jim Schultz on Sat 10th Oct, 2020 and uploaded on Tue 13th Oct, 2020 . | ||||||||||||||||||
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Comment | In my Western Australian Region of Perth I am unaware of the species of Horsfield’s Bronze-cuckoo ‘being found in backyards’, ‘being easily seen’ and ‘posing calling on fence posts and the like’. Though I occasionally hear it, it is a bird I’ve only seen a few of times over 25 years, and only photographed once prior to this image from Wongan Hills, WA. On the contrary, I have found that the bird remains high in the tree-tops not coming down low at all, and I consider myself extremely lucky to have achieved this image, which came by quite unexpectedly albeit in an area of Red-capped Robins and thornbills, both of which species’ nests this cuckoo is known to parasitise. Not the best of images as the bird (I believe it’s a male due to the red eyes) perched 4 m up surrounded by somewhat interfering branches in a dead tree, after removal of the annoying small branches and twigs, I still find it worthy of presenting. | ||||||||||||||||||
Equipment | Nikon D850 – DX Mode Nikkor AF-S 500mm f4G ED VR Technique: 1.5X cropped DX sensor used = 750mm 'focal length equivalent in 35mm terms', but the trade-off is that file size cropping occurs in camera at the said factor. Camera rig support: Gitzo GT3543XLS Tripod, Dietmar Nill gimbal tripod head Exposure Mode: MANUAL 1/2000 sec at f6.3; ISO-400. Metering Mode: Spot; Focus Mode: AF-C high/5 frames per sec & AF Area Mode: Dynamic, 9 points. VR: Off Nikon ViewNX-i for viewing and selecting files; Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw/CC 2020 for resizing image, cropping to 158%, selective sharpening, removal of branches and twigs by means of the ‘Lasso Tool’ as well as general post-processing; Topaz Pro plug-in DeNoise for mild blanket sharpening and moderate noise control. ‘Australian Bird Guide 2019’ for supplementary data and colour checks | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Gathercole Nature Reserve, Wongan Hills, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
Keywords | male, adult | ||||||||||||||||||
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