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bidkev wrote in post #18107568
Not a pretty portrait but this guy has been visiting all week and yesterday he let me get within 3 metres of him

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/LzbE​GV Corella by Kevin Dickinson, on Flickr

going by his beak hes been having a nice old time stuffing his face full of wattlle pods/seeds etc

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itsallart wrote in post #18107584
He looks like wouldn't take any silly business

You're right Renata. Everything else clears off to make way for him and his mate. I just hope he doesn't hang around for too long.

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Our smallest bird here in OZ.

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OK, Master Clipper from Oz (who's been way kind to help me and others process the files from the 5Dsr) says just maybe DPP4 has advantage over LRcc.
So I installed DPP4=a serious learning curve
Shame bird had a big shadow across 1/2 her face diagonally, did what I could-

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MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18108312
OK, Master Clipper from Oz (who's been way kind to help me and others process the files from the 5Dsr) says just maybe DPP4 has advantage over LRcc.
So I installed DPP4=a serious learning curve
Shame bird had a big shadow across 1/2 her face diagonally, did what I could-

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/LaiK​r9 Cardinal angel by MedicineMan4040, on Flickr

No evidence of a shadow that I can see, so you and DPP are doing something right.

Nice shot. We don't have birds like that here.

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Female Cardinal and a Red-headed woodpecker.

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MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18108312
OK, Master Clipper from Oz (who's been way kind to help me and others process the files from the 5Dsr) says just maybe DPP4 has advantage over LRcc.
So I installed DPP4=a serious learning curve
Shame bird had a big shadow across 1/2 her face diagonally, did what I could-

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/LaiK​r9 Cardinal angel by MedicineMan4040, on Flickr

You ain't done so bad mate. At first I thought that "shadow" was the head colouring. Despite having my own darkroom years ago, I've only just found and learned to dodge/burn in photoshop. I reckon that tool would go some way to even out that shadow.

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Managed to find a little Bewick's Wren. Man...they are small and move a lot!

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bob_r wrote in post #18108412
Female Cardinal and a Red-headed woodpecker.

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I would love love love to get a Red-headed woodpecker.

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bidkev wrote in post #18108422
You ain't done so bad mate. At first I thought that "shadow" was the head colouring. Despite having my own darkroom years ago, I've only just found and learned to dodge/burn in photoshop. I reckon that tool would go some way to even out that shadow.

Thanks m8, I appreciate your thoughts. Just asked Poof about dodge, she knows where it is...looks like I'm in for a lesson or two stateside

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MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18108464
I would love love love to get a Red-headed woodpecker.

We had to remove our 3 large trees (50'+) last year because they were old and rotting, so they haven't come around this year. That's also true for many of the other species of birds that I used to see.

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