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Posted by Mike Danzenbaker on Thu Apr 01, 2004 5:19 pm

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Digging out the Plainswanderer slides a couple of days ago left me with a bunch of Australia slides in front of me, so I set this one aside to post for the "blue" motif before it expires.

While I saw this species on several occasions, they were fairly wary until I came upon this individual hunting close to a boardwalk. The bird was quite patient while I waited for passers-by to pass by until the vibrations died down and I could shoot. I was lucky that he cocked his head at this angle, just once.

EOS3, 500/4 IS x 2 @ f11, BB, Provia, cropped from horizontal
June, 2003, Kakadu N.P., North Australia
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by AlexC on Thu Apr 01, 2004 5:31 pm
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Mike, Lovely bird, I just try to get the one at Metro-Zoo-Wings of Asia but nothing this nice was captured, looks as if the image was perfectly exposed , yet it looks like the exposure is a tad over on the whites and a tad flat as well, I am sure the scanning is the culprit here!!, Killer pose!!
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by jsandfort on Thu Apr 01, 2004 5:33 pm
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Awesome. Love the pose.
 

by Peter Wallack on Thu Apr 01, 2004 5:35 pm
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I enjoy all the good work you obviously love so much to round up your incredibel collection. Nice image of a new species for me---THANKS!!!
 

by Jerry Merrell on Thu Apr 01, 2004 5:38 pm
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Mike, this is a wonderful image. Very nicely done.

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by AForns on Thu Apr 01, 2004 5:43 pm
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Mike I can only imagine how good the original looks. Beautiful image.
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by Parrothead Pete on Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:18 pm
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Colors are amazing...beautiful little guy...
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by Harvey Edelman on Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:20 pm
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Beautiful bird and capture especially the over the shoulder turn on the head. Maybe just a touch more contrast. Personal preference.
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by joseph motto on Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:22 pm
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Mike,
Looks nitless to me!
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by ajhand on Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:25 pm
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Great blues, and that head turn is priceless. I agree with Alex that it seems flat, almost like it were shot through a dirty window. I'm glad I don't have to deal with scanners.

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by Bill Whala on Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:09 pm
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Sweet shot. I love the cocked head. 8)
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by Griffin on Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:09 pm
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Yet another kingfisher I have not seen before! I lvoe the blue colour!!! :D


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by Noel on Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:25 pm
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Look at those shades of blue! The overall color scheme is very pleasing. Nice touch with the sig. :)

Just a random thought... Would softening the log perch a little help focus more attention on the bird?

Thanks for sharing this fine shot.

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by Jill on Thu Apr 01, 2004 11:01 pm
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What a beauty, Mike !!! Love the colors and pose!! Super job on a skittish species. 8) 8)
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by Mike Wilson on Fri Apr 02, 2004 3:36 am
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Very cool bird and a just right for the motif. The OOF bg is ok but the angled leaf near the bill is a bit distracting.
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by Steve Metildi on Fri Apr 02, 2004 3:47 am
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Great shot Mike and from my experience with scanning I'm sure the slide looks a lot better.

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by Mike Danzenbaker on Fri Apr 02, 2004 8:01 am
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Steve Metildi wrote:Great shot Mike and from my experience with scanning I'm sure the slide looks a lot better.
ajhand wrote:...I'm glad I don't have to deal with scanners.
AlexC wrote:...I am sure the scanning is the culprit here!!...
You guys sure nailed it; the scanning, as well as the post-processing, was a nightmare. I thought I could get this thing done and posted in 10 minutes, and it ended up taking more than half an hour. Scan-time curves to save the whites and dig into the darks, levels and more curves later to add back what is probably insufficient contrast ... another thing I probably should have done is partially exclude the whites from the sharpening phase. Another push to go digital ...
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by jdown on Fri Apr 02, 2004 9:18 am
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Great pose and the colors complement nicely to create a very pleasing scene. I also found them to be wary in the N.T.
 

by dkhenke on Fri Apr 02, 2004 9:29 am
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Terrific pose by this lovely bird. It's certainly BLUE.
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by Karen S on Fri Apr 02, 2004 4:56 pm
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Great image. The pose is super and I like the leaf in the BG. Gorgeous bird.
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