Brown Backed Honeyeater

Gallery: AvianPosted November 15, 201370 views5 comments

Once again-I'm willing to be corrected. This is the other species that was vying for the nest I posted int he last two images. This was the eventual winner (at least it's the bird that was there the next day). Most of the images I have of it, it's perched on the nest and there isn't very good separation from the bg. This was the best I had with that problem solved. I like the spider web in the bill, ready to be added to the nest.

7D, 300mm f4 + 1.4TC, hand held, f8, 1/2000, Av mode with no compensation, iso 500. Processed in CS6 and cropped to 9.6MP. A bit more sharpening than I usually like because my focus was slightly off. Taken October 29th at 8:27 am in the Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, Queensland.

Your comments and criticisms are most appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

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5 comments

Comment posted by Simon Bennett on November 16, 2013 at 1:21 AM

ID spot-on Dennis - interesting natural history that two species showed interest in the nest. Simon

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on November 16, 2013 at 8:51 AM

Looks like he's on guard, making sure the other bird doesn't sneak back, nice work.

Ray

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 16, 2013 at 12:28 PM

Nicely composed Dennis, wish for a bit of a head turn.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on November 16, 2013 at 5:37 PM

Sweet photo of this species Dennis

I like the feel for it's habitat in this frame without it being over-whelming.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on November 18, 2013 at 6:06 AM

Nice one Dennis - ID is spot on. Like the setting

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