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  • #1

    This morning's Kookaburra.

    From our open bedroom (sliding glass) door.

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    ​We had our bedroom (sliding glass) door open to the back yard to let a dog in & I had just got up & shed my clothes, but when I saw it there I wasted no time & hurried upstairs to get my camera for these shots. No I didn't streak out in the back yard & scare my neighbours as I was able to capture these shots from inside & being less obvious to the bird too.
    OM-1 & M.ZD 100-400mm f5-6.3 IS lens & edited in Topaz Photo AI (raw files) followed by Capture One (DNG) & only cropped 1:1 square for composition.

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    Ross "I fiddle with violins (when I'm not fiddling with a camera)". My Flickr
    OM-1, E-M1 Mk II plus 100-400mm f5-6.3 IS, 7-14, 12-40 & 40-150 f2.8 Pro lenses, MC14 & 20.
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  • #2
    Cracking photos, love the second one, probably saw you while you at the window!!
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    • Ross the fiddler
      #2.1
      Ross the fiddler commented
      8 December 2023, 10:43 AM
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      Thank you for the compliments. Yeah, probably thought it saw a ghost (I don't bare all to the sun).
    • wanderer
      #2.2
      wanderer commented
      8 December 2023, 01:02 PM
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      More probably aghast.
    • Ross the fiddler
      #2.3
      Ross the fiddler commented
      9 December 2023, 10:43 AM
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      I'm really a bit slow. What are kookaburras good at? Laughing of course! I don't blame it.
  • #3
    Delightful, especially No2.

    Dave
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  • #4
    Kookaburra in #2 is smiling. Lovely set.
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    • Ross the fiddler
      #4.1
      Ross the fiddler commented
      8 December 2023, 11:29 PM
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      Or making a comment with what it could see (although I was well inside our bedroom).
  • #5
    excellent work---right place at the right time---even in ya shorts!!
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    • Ross the fiddler
      #5.1
      Ross the fiddler commented
      8 December 2023, 11:26 PM
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      What shorts?
    • Ross the fiddler
      #5.2
      Ross the fiddler commented
      8 December 2023, 11:31 PM
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      No time to get dressed when they don't hang around for my convenience.
  • #6
    Wow photos Ross. Superb set..
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/133688957@N08/
    Mark Johnson Retired.
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    • Ross the fiddler
      #6.1
      Ross the fiddler commented
      8 December 2023, 11:32 PM
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      Thanks Mark. Sometimes they present themselves for a decent photo.
  • #7
    Nice shots, looks like it’s posing turning the head each way for photos!

    Bill
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/macg33zr/
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    • Ross the fiddler
      #7.1
      Ross the fiddler commented
      8 December 2023, 11:35 PM
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      At least in these three frames. There were many more too though (a bane of having a camera that takes many frames per second).
  • #8
    Beautiful close-up shots Ross. I don't have a favourite. - They're all good.
    Larry Griffiths

    Cameras: OM System OM-1, Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mk III, Olympus OM-D E-M1 | Flashes: Olympus FL-900R, Olympus FL-50R
    Lenses: Too many to list.

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    • Ross the fiddler
      #8.1
      Ross the fiddler commented
      8 December 2023, 11:37 PM
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      Thanks Larry. At least I had a few to choose from & these three complimented each other nicely.
  • #9
    I must say, Topaz Photo AI did a nice job of just removing a little noise without affecting the detail, but did improve on it.

    Here's a small crop of the JPEG (SOOC).

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    And this after with RAW into Topaz Photo AI & Capture One (with both cropped small in OM Workspace).

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    Ross "I fiddle with violins (when I'm not fiddling with a camera)". My Flickr
    OM-1, E-M1 Mk II plus 100-400mm f5-6.3 IS, 7-14, 12-40 & 40-150 f2.8 Pro lenses, MC14 & 20.

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    • #10
      I've seen a Kookaburra swoop down and take a sausage off a bar-b-que and proceed to whack it against a tree. I would be cautious of nude photography.
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      • Ross the fiddler
        #10.1
        Ross the fiddler commented
        9 December 2023, 06:24 AM
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        Just as well I was well inside our bedroom then.
      • MJ224
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        MJ224 commented
        9 December 2023, 05:58 PM
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        Making my eyes water...
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