Some Birds of Spicers Gap, Qld

[wigz]

These are from a drive out to Spicers Gap, about an hour and half away, in October last year. These were all taken in a couple of hours sitting near a small spring. I actually have a few more, but this is more than enough for one post.

All with D800 and Nikon 500PF f/5.6 and quite heavily cropped.

1. Bell Miner. Rather sad looking little birds with beautiful calls.
2. Yellow-faced Honeyeater

3. White-naped Honeyeater. Juvenile I think
4. Female Golden Whistler. Not fully confident of Id on this one

5. Spangled Drongo

6. White-browed Scrubwren

[K1W1]

I just get broken links and no images. What do others see?

[wigz]

Images didn’t show until I logged in just now. The browser did hang while I was creating the post and I restored from the autosaved version and continued. Perhaps this caused the the issue. I’ll either fix it or repost

[wigz]

I reloaded the images and working for me now

[K1W1]

Works for me now as well.

[Isac]

Glad you got it sorted Alan. Those bird images are amazing, you seem to have a great skill in getting the details and colours perfect. Lovely framing as well. Nice work and well presented.

[wigz]

Thanks Isac. The new lens helps and also the hazy overcast on this day, although the shadows from all the trees made it a bit dark. The seemingly endless procession of birds coming to bathe and drink gave lots of opportunities.

The colours just happen with a bit of help from Tonal Contrast in the Nik Color Effex Photoshop plug-in.

[Isac]

All good to know mate. I have NIK installed but rarely use it these days. I'm at the stage where I like to put the skills I've learned to apply my own adjustments. NIK is pretty powerful but for me the challenge is to get similar results by not using it - if you know what I mean. Whatever you're doing - it's working well for you.

[Grumpy John]

All great images Alan, great detail and colours. An hour and a half not too long a drive if you can come away with shots like these.

[wigz]

Thanks John Definitely worth the drive.