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Gang Gangs revisited

Postby Mr Darcy on Sun May 04, 2008 11:29 pm

The Gang Gangs came to visit again today.
This time the female was the most co operative. The male wouldn't come down from the high tree
I had a chance to adjust my focus :)

Male:
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Female:
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Re: Gang Gangs revisited

Postby Pehpsi on Mon May 05, 2008 12:58 am

First shot is beautiful :up: Sharp, well exposed and rich in colour. Nice one.
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Re: Gang Gangs revisited

Postby Joshman on Mon May 05, 2008 7:23 am

oh wow, nice colours!

those birds look a bit like you average gallah.
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Re: Gang Gangs revisited

Postby DebT on Mon May 05, 2008 7:54 am

Hi, nice shots ! #1 is sharps as but think I'd prefer the bird a little less central - try cropping some off bottom and L/H side - this will align with 1/3 rd a little better and provide some space in front for the bird to look in to. Nice use of the diagonal branch
They are nice to look at but I bet a bit noisy in the backyard ?
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Re: Gang Gangs revisited

Postby Mr Darcy on Mon May 05, 2008 10:28 am

Joshman wrote:oh wow, nice colours!

those birds look a bit like you average gallah.


They are related. Both are cockatoos. They are much better behaved, but don't have the same sense of fun. Also Galahs tend to travel in flocks, Gang Gangs in family groups. In this case two. They are also MUCH quieter. Sulphur cresteds are the worst.
Galahs are pink body, white head, grey back. We get them too, but at a different time of year.
At the moment we have magpies & wattle birds - they live here too - and silver eyes and another little one that moves too fast to see clearly, several kinds of rosella, and king parrots.
The bower birds have moved on now the raspberries are finished. The currawongs have moved on too. Unusual they usually stay all year. Kookaburras visit now & again, but haven't been here since it got cold.
We also get Sulphur crested and yellow tailed black cockatoos. Occasionally we see red tailed blacks too.
Its fun watching them They each have a different time of day to feed. The maggies seem to be the fat controllers, but are not at all aggressive to us even at mating time.
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Re: Gang Gangs revisited

Postby Mr Darcy on Tue May 06, 2008 8:01 pm

Hi Deb, Is this the crop you had in mind?
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Re: Gang Gangs revisited

Postby Oz_Beachside on Tue May 06, 2008 8:10 pm

love the colors of the first one :)
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Re: Gang Gangs revisited

Postby Bindii on Tue May 06, 2008 9:08 pm

They look great! Are they HDR?.. The first one is my pic.. the colours are stunning.. I also prefer the second crop... :)
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Re: Gang Gangs revisited

Postby Mr Darcy on Wed May 07, 2008 7:32 am

Thanks Bindii
Not HDR. Don't know how to do that. The Gang Gang was a little overexposed OOC so I knocked it back a tad. Apart from that just cropped and resized.

The bird was lit by flash (2xsb800 on full power) The sky had to look after itself. PS Why is it that I seem to be the only person who prefers the second one?
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Re: Gang Gangs revisited

Postby Bindii on Wed May 07, 2008 10:49 am

Mr Darcy wrote: PS Why is it that I seem to be the only person who prefers the second one?


Bad taste??? :mrgreen:

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Re: Gang Gangs revisited

Postby CoryH on Wed May 07, 2008 3:32 pm

Great shots, I wish i had material like that fly into my backyear. I get the odd pidgeon and maybe a maggie or 2!!
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