Dusky Woodswallow

Gallery: AvianPosted April 1, 2012148 views13 comments

Dusky Woodswallow photographed in north-eastern Victoria in January. These bird occur in eucalypt woodlands of eastern and southern Australia.

Canon 7D, EF500 + 1.4x, tripod, ISO400, f/6.3, 1/400, cropped for composition.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Barbara Graham on April 1, 2012 at 8:47 AM

Beautiful sharpness, detail and colors, Simon.

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Comment posted by Alan Murphy on April 1, 2012 at 8:53 AM

A stunning species. A tighter crop would remove some of the OOF branch in the corner.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on April 1, 2012 at 9:56 AM

Nice sharp bird with excellent details. Background is wonderful.

Ray

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on April 1, 2012 at 11:23 AM

Your larger image shows nice detail. An interesting species I've not seen before. Nicely presented. Sharon

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Comment posted by Sally Wood on April 1, 2012 at 11:24 AM

Very soft and beautiful,, I like the way the blue BG helps set off the brown bird!

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Comment posted by Harry Harris on April 1, 2012 at 12:41 PM

Lovely bird Simon and you have really captured it well. I like your composition with the perch coming into the frame at an angle and the blues and browns in the BG really show of the browns in the Woodswallow. You have really captured the details. Very good job.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 1, 2012 at 2:42 PM

Beautiful composition and bg, Simon. Excellent work.

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Comment posted by May Haga on April 1, 2012 at 3:55 PM

Excellent. The image is nice and sharp, great perch and background.
May

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Comment posted by David Schoen on April 1, 2012 at 4:33 PM

nice contrast between the browns and blacks with good black details

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on April 2, 2012 at 3:00 AM

Beautifully understated elegance to the bird, and this photo. Love the color combination nature presented to you in the background.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on April 2, 2012 at 12:30 PM

You really pick your perches and background settings very well as they really add to your images along with the feather detail, well done Simon.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on April 2, 2012 at 8:22 PM

Superb job on the exposure, Simon. Great detail in the blacks and browns. Excellent background and a very nice pose. Great job.

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on April 3, 2012 at 2:57 AM

Sharp and clean shot with nice composition.

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