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Postby robw25 on Mon May 23, 2005 1:13 am

well i took a few pics of some birds this week and this is my fav.... i think it's some sort of miner bird or honey eater...... someone told me what it was but i cant remember.....cheers rob



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Postby kipper on Mon May 23, 2005 8:09 am

Don't worry Rob, Nicole or I will try and ID it for you later.
I'm about to head off to Jells Park to try and get some birds, so I'm in a bit of a rush.
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Postby Rick on Mon May 23, 2005 8:18 am

Rob,

I like this photo a lot, I like the natural setting you have maintained, the leaves in front and the blossoms the dof works well with the subject, it's a Noisy Minor, a native bird that I have seen almost everywhere I have been.

Great shot, keep them coming I like birds and bird photos.

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Postby Manta on Mon May 23, 2005 8:21 am

Yep - it's a Noisy Mynah (Manorina melanocephala). Not to be confused with the Indian (or Common) Mynah that has chocolate brown plumage.
This guy's native to Australia whereas the Indian is, not surprisingly, introduced and a real pest.

Terrific shot Rob!
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Postby kipper on Mon May 23, 2005 8:27 am

I dunno, I find all Mynahs pests as they scare off the other birds :0
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Postby Manta on Mon May 23, 2005 11:22 am

Can't say I disagree with you there Darryl. Mynahs, Ibises and bloody crows. Time for a big cull...:evil:
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Postby sheepie on Mon May 23, 2005 11:48 am

Love it :)

Wonderful colour, and DOF and Focus point perfect :)

Can I ask for more detail on pic please - lens, settings, what degree of PP?

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Postby robw25 on Mon May 23, 2005 12:10 pm

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i had my 200/400vr with a 1.4 t/c and the metadata says... focal length 550.... f/5.6..... 1/500th sec

some sharpening and calculate whitebalnce automatically in nikon capture then i did a levels in cs and that is about it ! only got back last night so havent "messed" with it, i did a batch conversion of 870 nefs to jpg's just outside broken hill and it had 19 left when i got back to whyalla, i took some eagle pics but i have to see if their good enough to show my peers

cheers rob btw whats an easy way to copy metadata and paste here ?
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Postby sheepie on Mon May 23, 2005 12:14 pm

robw25 wrote:btw whats an easy way to copy metadata and paste here ?

I use Photools Imatch which is a photo organisation thingy (which I don't use well!) but also has some nice tricks like an EXIF reader which allows you to copy to the clipboard.
I also have a couple of utils to allow changing the EXIF, or viewing it, but none of these allow you to actually copy the text (which you'd think would be a common request!).
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Postby BBJ on Mon May 23, 2005 1:15 pm

Nice Birdie Rob, like the colours. My tc on my 80-400 always says 400mm with the tc on so yeh not sure if it is the Nikon that tells you the right focal length as mine is Kenko. Yeh pain that we cant highlight and copy exif data at times.
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Postby Glen on Mon May 23, 2005 1:20 pm

Nice shot Rob, works very well for the natural setting
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Postby sirhc55 on Mon May 23, 2005 1:54 pm

Excellent shot
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Postby the foto fanatic on Mon May 23, 2005 6:01 pm

I think it's a beaut shot too! Well done. :D
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Postby stubbsy on Mon May 23, 2005 9:25 pm

Rob

The fantastic DOF on this one really makes the shot. SHows the beauty of the lens too.
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