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15-OCT-2008

Western Bluebill (Spermophaga haematina) male

Abuko

A very poor record shot of what is a stunning bird.
Unfortunately this is a skulking forest dweller of gallery/climax forest & so is difficult to see & photograph. This image was taken along a forest trail but the best chance of seeing this bird well is to stake out a drinking pool (use the "photographic hide" at Abuko), but be prepared to wait!

This image is very noisy (despite an ISO of 250) as most of the flash output was relected back from leaves creating havoc with the exposure. This terrible image was rescued by marked lighting of shadows & darkening of highlights in Photoshop!!

Canon EOS 40D
1/160s f/5.6 at 700.0mm iso250 with Flash full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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