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Welcome Swallow (Image ID 47156)
Photographed byCharles Page on Tue 22nd Jun, 2021 and uploaded on Fri 16th Jul, 2021 .
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ID47156
CommentMy first image for BLP and one of my first visits to the Western Treatment Plant. Taken handheld late in the day. I was shooting through the long grass and hence the obstructed view.

This is an approx 50% crop of the original image. Processed with DxO Photolab 4. Not much done apart from standard optical corrections, cropping, exposure and noise reduction (DeepPrime). I have lifted the highlights and saturation just a little to brighten it up as it was taken at 16.30 ish in fading winter light. Hopefully enough but not too much.

It's just a simple bird on a stick but I like the eye contact. I'm unsure about the composition generally. In particular the stalks that are obscuring the bird have a certain charm but could be distracting. I'm wondering if its worth the effort of editing them out. I think the image would lose a lot without the flower head that crosses the bird. However, the fuzzy green diagonal in the top left could be a candidate. There is space around the bird for alternative croppings but with such a bland background I haven't found a better view. Zooming in or fully centering would cut into the flower head and looks odd to me. Zooming back could make the bird too small.
EquipmentCanon EOS R5 with Canon RF 600mm F11
Handheld at ISO1600, 1250/s
LocationWTP Lake Borrie, Victoria
Keywordsadult
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