juvenile fan tailed cuckoo

[avkomp]

surprised to see this bird. light was terrible behind it so I was using about +4EV. fully white behind it.
initially shot to confirm ID as it was a big crop too. like 1/8 frame or something.
to my great surprise there was way more details in the pic than I would have thought.
eye ring shows it as this species.
d5 600f4 1/640 f5.6 iso 3200
white sky replaced with something similar to what was around at the time.

[kevinj]

Nice shot considering the conditions. Not great weather for Birding on the East coast for a few days.

[wigz]

Excellent detail and good colour Stephen, even more so considering the conditions.

[Isac]

Good sky job. Photoshop? Lovely looking bird with good detail and well framed.

[avkomp]

Common garden photoshop sky replacement

[Isac]

I do find the PS sky replacement very handy sometimes. I also use it to get the masks it creates, to add to other filters, like hue/sat, curves, gradients etc.

[David_MC]

Excellent shot.