Little Crow

Gallery: AvianPosted March 29, 201149 views8 comments

Little Crow photographed on an overcast day at a rubbish dump in outback Australia. We have five species of crows/ravens down here, and they are all completely dark and call 'aaah' - quite an ID issue. This species occurs in the arid inland areas of Australia.

Canon 40D, EF500 f/4, tripod, ISO 400, f/4.5, 1/320, slight crop for composition, digitally disguised a couple of bits of white and yellow OOF plastic in background.

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on March 29, 2011 at 5:52 AM

Nice texture in the blacks

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 29, 2011 at 7:22 AM

Great detail in the blacks that empasises the various 'shades' of black

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on March 29, 2011 at 9:03 AM

really nice, Simon. the soft light worked great for getting nice detail in this crow. I like the bird's posture and your low angle.

As a side note, assuming your corvids have similar molt strategies to ours, the browner greater coverts and flight feathers would make this a first winter bird (but maybe not?).

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on March 29, 2011 at 2:52 PM

Excellent detail and exposure on this one Simon.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on March 29, 2011 at 4:51 PM

Thank you all for your comments.

Brain, I think you are right, it certainly is an immature bird and it was photographed in mid winter. They adults have a white iris attained at two years of age. Simon

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on March 29, 2011 at 8:59 PM

Excellent job getting so much detail in the blacks, Simon. The subtle blues on the wing are awesome. Great image.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 29, 2011 at 9:37 PM

Lovely detail in the blacks here Simon. The only thing I might suggest is possibly a lower angle.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on March 30, 2011 at 8:35 AM

Nice job on this one. You've given a good look at the Raven Mustache too.

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