Spotted Bowerbird

Gallery: AvianPosted July 10, 2010105 views11 comments

Spotted Bowerbird photographed at Bowra, western Queensland. This is the only bowerbird that occurs in the dry inland areas of eastern Australia.

Canon 7D, EF500 f/4 + 1.4 tc, tripod, ISO400, f/7.1, 1/320, cropped for composition.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on July 10, 2010 at 10:52 PM

Very interesting plumage and bill shape. Excellent detail. First rate technicals throughout.

Nice work and fine image as posted.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on July 11, 2010 at 7:09 AM

Nice one Simon - clean and detailed image.

cheers
Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on July 11, 2010 at 7:58 AM

Nice color and detail, can't decide if the green OOF stuff should go or not. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Chris Ross on July 11, 2010 at 8:46 AM

Very nice Simon, clear and a great pose, it's way better than the shots I got of them up there. Good to meet you at Bowra, trust you had a good trip back home.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 403 Posts, 2729 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Harbour on July 11, 2010 at 12:13 PM

Beautiful. Love the way the bird stands out from the bg. Great light and detail.

Registered on January 4, 2008, 113 Posts, 2416 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Jenkins on July 11, 2010 at 12:41 PM

Lovely shot Simon. Feather detail and BG are great.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on July 11, 2010 at 1:33 PM

Absolutely first class!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 11, 2010 at 6:32 PM

Lovely composition, Simon.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on July 11, 2010 at 11:46 PM

excellent all around, Simon. really like everything about this.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on July 12, 2010 at 7:13 PM

Very nice feather detail on the larger version. The perch, background and look the bird is giving all add up, way to go.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on July 12, 2010 at 8:22 PM

Just wanted to add my congratulations for a well done image. The perch and positioning of the feet are particularly interesting.

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