Helpful Posts: Spring seems to be a month early this year. Birds are getting their mating colours.
Superb Fairy Wren. (Male)
Blue-faced Honeyeater. I wonder how it got that name?
Even time for a little tenderness between Ravens.
You awake Sheila?
Dicky.
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1st August 2016, 07:36 AM #1
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An early Spring has put a bit of colour in the bird's cheeks.
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1st August 2016, 08:17 AM #2
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Re: An early Spring has put a bit of colour in the bird's cheeks.
Remember the poem of Edgar Allan Poe -- The Raven? Still my favourite after all these years.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...s/detail/48860
Anyway, I have no favourite here...they are all good looking and sharp. I wonder what upset the blue faced honeyeater? His looks is vicious...
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1st August 2016, 08:45 AM #3
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Re: An early Spring has put a bit of colour in the bird's cheeks.
Nice series.
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1st August 2016, 12:35 PM #4
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Re: An early Spring has put a bit of colour in the bird's cheeks.
Excellent set of images....
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1st August 2016, 12:54 PM #5
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Re: An early Spring has put a bit of colour in the bird's cheeks.
Well captured series Richard.
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1st August 2016, 02:07 PM #6
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Re: An early Spring has put a bit of colour in the bird's cheeks.
Beautiful birds, beautifully photographed.
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1st August 2016, 03:20 PM #7
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Re: An early Spring has put a bit of colour in the bird's cheeks.
Very nice set and great light
I would reduce the hightlights a bit in the last one as the light seems a bit harsh .
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2nd August 2016, 07:44 AM #8
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Re: An early Spring has put a bit of colour in the bird's cheeks.
I do indeed remember it, but always thought it dark and depressing. Your poem also triggered memories of Longfellow's Ballad of Hiawatha and Tennyson's Rhyme of the ancient mariner - but I have no idea why.
Originally Posted by IzzieK
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2nd August 2016, 07:49 AM #9
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Re: An early Spring has put a bit of colour in the bird's cheeks.
Thanks Binnur, Originally Posted by bnnrcn
Very nice set and great light I would reduce the hightlights a bit in the last one as the light seems a bit harsh .
the dynamic range was just too much. I used 'spot' to try to get some feather detail but couldn't then retain the highlights. The result you see was the best I could manage with Faststone which has no way of selecting part of an image. Any attempt to soften the background lost all the detail in the two birds.
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