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Species
Common Name- Golden Bowerbird (male)
Scientific Name- Prionodura newtoniana
Location- Mt Baldy, Atherton Tablelands FNQ
Post Production- This image was taken at 1/30, f5.6 and ISO 4000, mounted on a tripod. It had standard processing in L/R and the removal of a couple of distracting bright areas in Photoshop. Topaz was used for noise reduction. Minor cropping to 7000 for the original reduced to 1400 for F&P
Notes- Photographing rainforest birds is challenging because of the absence of decent light and the presence of a range of nasties including mosquitoes and leeches on this occasion. One is normally trying to find a limited window of view between branches and then in the wet season there is also the rain!!
The Golden Bowerbird is Australia’s smallest bowerbird and has a life-cycle similar to other bowerbirds in that it reaches maturity only after 6-7 years. It constructs a large maypole bower that it uses for display during the breeding season though the breeding season for this particular bird had well and truly finished by the time I photographed it in December. The bird is an obligate high rainforest bird that is rarely seen below 700m and the worry is that with global warming, they need to ascend to beat the heat and the territory available to them is rapidly shrinking. You can read more about this at https://theconversation.com/climate-cha ... ests-41023 and https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-03/ ... e/10774516
Common Name- Golden Bowerbird (male)
Scientific Name- Prionodura newtoniana
Location- Mt Baldy, Atherton Tablelands FNQ
Post Production- This image was taken at 1/30, f5.6 and ISO 4000, mounted on a tripod. It had standard processing in L/R and the removal of a couple of distracting bright areas in Photoshop. Topaz was used for noise reduction. Minor cropping to 7000 for the original reduced to 1400 for F&P
Notes- Photographing rainforest birds is challenging because of the absence of decent light and the presence of a range of nasties including mosquitoes and leeches on this occasion. One is normally trying to find a limited window of view between branches and then in the wet season there is also the rain!!
The Golden Bowerbird is Australia’s smallest bowerbird and has a life-cycle similar to other bowerbirds in that it reaches maturity only after 6-7 years. It constructs a large maypole bower that it uses for display during the breeding season though the breeding season for this particular bird had well and truly finished by the time I photographed it in December. The bird is an obligate high rainforest bird that is rarely seen below 700m and the worry is that with global warming, they need to ascend to beat the heat and the territory available to them is rapidly shrinking. You can read more about this at https://theconversation.com/climate-cha ... ests-41023 and https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-03/ ... e/10774516
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Capture time and date:
2020:12:12 09:08:46
Focus length:
600 mm
Shutter speed:
1/30 sec
F-number:
f/5.6
ISO speed rating:
4000
White balance:
Auto
Flash:
Flash did not fire
Camera manufacturer:
Canon
Camera model:
Canon EOS R5
Exposure program:
Aperture priority
Exposure bias:
0 EV
Metering mode:
Pattern
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