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Sulpher-crested Cockatoo-Cacatua galerita

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Posted by Jeroen Stel on August 26, 2009 at 7:51 AM
Sulpher-crested Cockatoo-Cacatua galerita
Hi Guys,

As my previous post this one was also taken during my trip through the Australian continent two years ago..
One more trip down memory lane..

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/800 sec
Aperture: F 9
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: -1/3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 800
Lens: Canon 600mm F4 + 1.4 x TC
Focal length: 1092 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod with FLM 585 FTR & Wimberley Sidekick
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/My own mix-Sharpening
Bibble Pro / Adobe Photoshop CS4

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Posted by Craig Jones on August 26, 2009 at 8:03 AM
Brillant capture :biggrin: the BG is a stunning blue colour :cool: lovely to see these birds where they belong in the wild rather than in small cages :wink: Lovely image,and enjoying these'down under' shots :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on August 26, 2009 at 8:15 AM
Hi Jeroen

Nice moment, well captured.

Cheers,
Chris
Posted by PhilH on August 26, 2009 at 9:19 AM
Indeed nice, the one on the left makes it...

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by David Sewell on August 26, 2009 at 9:42 AM
I am enjoying these, Jeroen, and hope you will post some more.

David

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Posted by tony flashman on August 26, 2009 at 11:33 AM
We had one of these when I was a kid, lovely to see them in the wild. Excellent job holding all the detail in the whites.

Tony :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on August 26, 2009 at 12:25 PM
Another beautiful image - I do hope you manage to recover the lost images!

David :toast:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on August 26, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Very nice Jeroen. Wish we had that sort of light in this country :frown:
Posted by Ian Mason on August 26, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Fascinating! Love the composition. Thanks for sharing these.
Posted by Brett Lewis on August 27, 2009 at 5:32 AM
Superb capture and quite comical. Really well executed to get the wonderful feather details, maybe just a tad bit of glare creeping in under the bird on the LHS?

Nice work.

Brett :toast: :toast: