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Pink-necked Pigeon


Pink-necked Pigeon
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Copyright: Chris Chafer (sandpiper2) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1845 W: 109 N: 4262] (14141)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-04-13
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon Powershot S2-IS, Canon 12x zoom 36-432mm equivalent
Exposure: f/3.5, 1/60 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Doves and Pigeons [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-06-08 6:07
Viewed: 2352
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
While in Kuala Lumpur we visited the Bird Park, which houses around 160 species and has some large walk-through aviaries. The day we were there it was dark and gloomy and rained. Still we got to see quite a few hornbill species and some other colourful birds that we’d missed in the wilds of Thailand.

This is a Pink-necked Pigeon (Treron vernans), a fairly common species found through southern Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia. It can be found in a range of lowland forests including mangroves.

Due to the poor light, I had to use flash but it still came out washed-out. Thus before posting I did a bit of work in Photoshop to improve the hue, saturation, contrast and brightness. I also used the blur tool to reduce the noisy background. I’ve posted the original in the workshop so you can see what I started with. I’m happy with the result, but would be interested in your opinions.
TAZ, jcoowanitwong, wallhalla15, firelord, Oz1, PDP, aido has marked this note useful
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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 47 N: 3167] (10926)
  • [2006-06-08 6:57]

What a beautiful pigeon that you have very well captured ! This species is more lovely than their urban cousins... Colors, DOF and sharpness are good. Instructive note... Congratulations Chris and thanks for sharing.

Hello cris, What a wonderful bird, very colorsful, Bg, POV, DOF, Just excellent TFS Kyle

Hello Chris,
Excellent work on your photoshop. The pigeon looks good. Good exposure, POV, composition. Well done. TFS
JC

Hi Chris,
been at the hairdresser?
The colours are unbeleavable, I love them.
Very interesting and pretty shot, thanks
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • wuta Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 856 W: 2 N: 617] (2142)
  • [2006-06-08 16:22]

Hello Cris , A very beautifull photo ,good sharpnes details pov dof his colours compositie and the bg ,Very good ,Greetings Teunie .

Fantastic colours, very nice bg, great POV and sharpness too. Chris this is an excellent composition. Excellent work!
Well done, Chris.
Gr.
Heinz

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3067 W: 231 N: 6166] (21070)
  • [2006-06-08 16:45]

Hi Chris,
What incredible pastel colors on this unusual pigeon.
I looked at your WS photo and I see what you mean by the noise. But you did a good job of "saving" it. Do you ever use NeatImage to get rid of the noise?
TFS. : )

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  • Oz1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 76 W: 2 N: 173] (994)
  • [2006-06-13 11:28]

Hi Chris,
Very nice shot with great colors and very nuce details!
TFS!

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2006-06-15 7:36]

Wow, i've never before seen such a colourful pigeon! Nice shot and amazing colour, I wish our london ones were like that!

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  • aido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 1044 W: 156 N: 1218] (4046)
  • [2006-06-21 8:39]

Hi Chris,
Wow, beautiful bird. The only pigeons I ever see here are plain grey and the town pigeons are quite often in a poor state. It's a great shot, perfect DOF again, excellent detail and nice light. Good exposure/flash levels too. I looked at the workshop and must say that your PP work is excellent. Great work!
Cheers,
Adrian

Thank you so much for posting this amazing picture; Praise God for His Goodness and His Wonderful Works to the Children of Men.

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