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Pacific Gull

Pacific Gull (Image ID 31810)
Photographed byDavid Seymour on Wed 5th Sep, 2018 and uploaded on Tue 11th Sep, 2018 .
Resolution1400x933
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ID31810
CommentThe right-hand bird was not vocalising but displaying a repeated, silent gaping behaviour reminiscent of a series of yawns.
EquipmentCanon EOS 7D II
EF 100-400 L IS II + 1.4x III TC, at 560mm, centre spot servo AF, handheld
Manual exposure, 1/1000 sec, f/11, ISO 800, spot metering
Processing: Canon DPP4 for RAW conversion, lens corrections and initial exposure corrections, NR and sharpening. Then 16-bit TIFF export to Photoshop CC2018 for further NR using Neat Image plugin applied at different levels to bird and background; final sharpening of the birds only, after size reduction to web submission dimensions. (Acknowledgements to notes on DPP4 processing by Ian Wilson and Glenn Pure)
LocationLong Spit, Marion Bay, southeastern Tasmania, Tasmania
Keywordsadult
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