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Little auk part II


Little auk part II
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Copyright: Bengt Falke (falke) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 156 W: 17 N: 458] (1682)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-12-10
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 400D, Canon EF 300/4 L IS USM
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/1000 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Birds that are rare in Sweden [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-12-21 14:10
Viewed: 1277
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is a very rare bird in Sweden and this is another photo of the Little auk (Alle alle/Alkekung) that we saw in the small fishing harbor Galtabäck south of Gothenburg on the Swedish west coast. Here it was so close that I had to remove the 1,4 extender.

But heavy streams and quite high waves made it go up and down all the time so I had a hard time getting sharp images, despite the close distance.

I had to take this photo against the sun and that made the bird a bit "dark in the face".

PP in Photoshop CS3 beta (try it if you can)
Crop
Noise removal with Neat Image
Sharpening with Photokit
Adjustment of Shadow/highlight, contrast and saturation
Watermark and frame in Faststone
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To Argus: Thank you Ivan!falke 1 12-21 14:37
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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3800 W: 190 N: 11298] (34839)
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Hej Bengt,
This is a bird I have been wanting to photograph for some time. Amazing that you were so close that you had to take off the teleconverter.
The sharpness and lighting are very good , showing the drops of water on the well-preened plumage.
Well done!
Hälsningar,
Ivan

An excellent image of this illusive little bird, Bengt!

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