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Tawny Grassbird

Tawny Grassbird (Image ID 45581)
Photographed byGlenn Pure on Fri 19th Mar, 2021 and uploaded on Sun 4th Apr, 2021 .
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ID45581
CommentDue to the milder, wetter summer, the vegetation along the walkway near the creek at this reserve was denser and fewer birds were seen here and in the trees that line the walk compared to previous visit. However, there was lots of activity in the grassy paddocks beyond this. I had seen and heard the Grassbirds on previous visits but never managed a photo as they don't spend much time in the open. I saw this bird pop up on to the barbed wire fence while I was standing some distance away. Once it dropped back down to continue feeding, I moved closer and positioned myself in case it popped but up again - which it obligingly did a few minutes later and spent a minute or two looking around and calling. The rufous colouring and stouter bill identify this as a Tawny Grassbird (and it also appears on the bird list for this site while the Little Grassbird does not).
EquipmentCanon 80D with EF 100-400mm Mark 2, handheld at 400mm 1/1600 sec, f/6.3, ISO 800. Initially processed in Canon DPP 4 to crop, adjust exposure and lighting. All noise reduction turned off in DPP. A 16 bit TIFF file was created from the RAW DPP image and finished in PSE (Adobe Photoshop Elements v9) where 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.
LocationOxley Creek, Queensland
Keywordsadult
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