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New Holland Honeyeater
Posted:
Tue May 03, 2005 11:59 pmby kipper
A New Holland Honeyeater. Taken at my friends property at Tower Hill.
Crop: 1000x666 from 3008x2000
Focal Length: 340MM (70-200VR with 1.7TC)
Shutter Speed: 1/160th
Aperture: F/7.1
ISO: 200
Metering: Spot
Mode: Programmed Auto (makes a change - must of been experimenting)
WB: Direct Sunlight
Posted:
Wed May 04, 2005 1:00 amby KerryPierce
Pretty nice shot, Darryl.
Sharp and well composed. Looks a little dark on my monitor.
Posted:
Wed May 04, 2005 1:16 amby kipper
Hmm...my monitor is reduced to 85% brightness, usually I have it on 100%
Posted:
Wed May 04, 2005 1:54 amby marcus
Magnificent.......Go the mighty VR!
Re: White Faced Honeyeater
Posted:
Wed May 04, 2005 2:20 amby Gordon
kipper wrote:A whitefaced honey eater.
I'm not the bird ID police, honest I'm not ... but I'd call it a New Holland Honeyeater myself
Theres a very slight chance it could be a White-cheeked Honeyeater, they are very similar.
Maybe white-faced honeyeater is a local name for the New Holland?
nice pic
btw
Gordon
Posted:
Wed May 04, 2005 7:13 amby Nicole
I'd call it a New Holland Honeyeater myself
I just checked the book and I will second that ID. Are you sure you're not the bird ID police Gordon?
Very nice photo. I reckon you should try a vertical crop and see what that looks like.
Posted:
Wed May 04, 2005 8:06 amby kipper
Bloody sigh. I looked at one bird on birdphotos.com.au and it was called White-cheeked Honeyeater. It looked remarkably similar, did see another one that looked the same and just assumed it was going to be named the same. However it wasn't, and mine is most definately a New Holland Honeyeater. Lucky each one of these IDs isn't costing me
Nicole I did try a vertical crop but I don't think I liked the results it gave me. Quite liked the mauves/purples on the plant it's sitting on.
Posted:
Wed May 04, 2005 8:49 amby Glen
Darryl, very nice, beautiful DOF
Posted:
Wed May 04, 2005 10:05 amby sirhc55
Kipper - a lovely shot that has great composition.
I do believe that you have overdone the USM
Posted:
Wed May 04, 2005 10:06 amby kipper
Where Chris?
I only applied about 30-50% USM. When I was doing it I was checking for halination?, but couldn't see any.
Posted:
Wed May 04, 2005 10:21 amby sirhc55
Sorry Kip - took it over to the CRT and it looks great - damn LCD
Hi
Posted:
Wed May 04, 2005 10:25 amby yeocsa
Hi
Nice shot. Did you handhold or was it on tripod?
regards,
Arthur
Posted:
Wed May 04, 2005 10:27 amby kipper
Handheld, was before I had a decent tripod.
Posted:
Wed May 04, 2005 10:36 amby Greolt
Wow Kipper what a beautiful shot. I am continually amazed at the quality of
Photos posted on this forum.
I wonder if I will ever be able to produce anything like this standard. Going
on current atempts, I guess not. Sigh...
Any way great photo, Greolt
Posted:
Wed May 04, 2005 11:24 amby stubbsy
Darryl
Great shot from a great lens. Beatifully crisp and lovely boke.
Posted:
Wed May 04, 2005 12:03 pmby kipper
Thanks for the kind comments guys.
Posted:
Wed May 04, 2005 5:02 pmby mudder
The colours are striking in this, I had no idea what sort of bird it was, you learn all sorts o' stuff on the forum
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Very contrasty, any extra saturation on the colours? They just seem so bold...
Posted:
Wed May 04, 2005 6:12 pmby kipper
Probably a 10-20 shift on saturation.