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12-AUG-2007 Melbob

12th Place
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by Melbob

Melbourne


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Canon DSLR Challenge21-Aug-2007 03:21
Apologies for tardiness in responding.. have to go bush again (more building work).. Thank you arra, Michael, Nico, Cindy, CJ and Kiki2 (Huh.. you thought I always use K2...??? lol) These guys get quite cheeky, this one kept an eye on me as it checked out his lunch. It was about 40 - 50 feet away and so the 100/400 was able to get a fairly reasonable frame, just a little cropping.

The processing used, apart from cropping and Channel/monochrome adj' , was some noise filter (Fixer Labs plugin) and a little USM. The 5D has a very small DOF under these conditions.

Michael, B&W does seem to bring up the detail as you noted.

Thanks for commenting ~ Regards Melbob
Canon DSLR Challenge20-Aug-2007 22:08
Good shot. Good light! Wish I got that close to them..
(And I bet he's thinking about fish :)
-k2
Canon DSLR Challenge20-Aug-2007 20:04
Nice DOF and processing to make the bird really stand out! The detail in the feathers is great! CJ
Canon DSLR Challenge18-Aug-2007 02:47
wow - this is wonderful! Hope you gave him a fishy for posing :) Cindy
jnconradie17-Aug-2007 10:00
Fabulous photograph! :-) Regards jnconradie
Guest 16-Aug-2007 22:57
Nice composition, Melbob. Again, the same thing strikes me as in arra's b&w bird that the textures and feather patterns are so very rich in b&w. -Michael
arra14-Aug-2007 18:22
Great pose and DOF!