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Red Chested Cuckoo
Red Chested Cuckoo
sulamk


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Camera: Sony DSLR-A200
Lens: Sony 75-300 mm f/4.5-5.6
Date Uploaded: Feb 1, 2009

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Comments: 12
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 The 3 note call of this bird gives it away in summer as it sits motionless in thick canopy foliage.
Habitat, any well treed area.
call male weet-weet-weeoo female a shrill pippippi, giving the bird its local name of piet-my-vrou

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 03/01/2009 05:52:59 PM
That is a stunning color on the bird! I'm guessing it's a bit of motion blur and it seems to be the most on the branch, perhaps a bit of gaussian blur would make it seem less apparent.
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 02/14/2009 04:56:17 PM
Oh how I am loving your birds! The purples on this one! Auuugh. They are delightful!



Message edited by author 2009-02-14 21:56:43.
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 02/12/2009 11:21:21 AM
Blimey. You've got a book of bird shots on the way here. Lovely to look at.
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 02/10/2009 09:30:13 AM
Cool bird. Look sAmerican Robin-ish.
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 02/09/2009 07:56:45 AM
What a beautiful bird! Almost as if he's posing just for you.
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 02/08/2009 05:04:31 PM
Bit OOF, but a gorgeous bird!
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 02/03/2009 04:52:56 PM
Nice colors and nice looking birdie. Little blur or OOF. Is it due to hand held shot or the bird was moving?
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 02/02/2009 07:11:32 PM
PAW - Very pretty bird. Soft focus on the background, but the sharpening really brought out excessive noise on the branches. I did what Judi mentioned in a class, but forgot how to, so I need to brush up on it myself. Or maybe a noise reducer would help. Thanks for the lesson on Red Chested Cuckoos.
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 02/02/2009 09:40:44 AM
This is a cool bird. I'm wondering how you got the shot. Flash combined with slow shutter speed? I think I'm seeing camera shake on the branch, but the bird is mostly sharp.
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 02/01/2009 03:53:17 PM
A wee bit grainy...when sharpening...try to sharpen on a duplicate layer and mask 'out' the background for a smoother effect.
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 02/01/2009 03:52:31 PM
Interesting bird. Too bad you couldn't get its head in completely sharp focus, but the detail on the feathers is nice.
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 02/01/2009 02:48:38 PM
awesome love the colors this is great
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