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A couple of Rose-ringed Parakeets mating (Psittacula krameri)
Photo information:
This photo was taken from the living room window of my parents' apartment at Petah-Tikva (east of Tel-Aviv).
This couple is seen and heard in the neighborhood for several years now. They seem to have a very stable relationship. Sometimes another couple of Rose-ringed Parakeet, or even two couples arrive, and three couples can be observed on this very tree, but it's rare.
About Rose-ringed Parakeet (from Wikipedia):
"The Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri), also known as the Ring-necked Parakeet, is a gregarious tropical parakeet species that is popular as a pet. Its scientific name commemorates the Austrian naturalist Wilhelm Heinrich Kramer.
This non-migrating species is one of few parrot species that have successfully adapted to living in 'disturbed habitats', and in that way withstood the onslaught of urbanisation and deforestation. In the wild, this is a noisy species with an unmistakable squawking call. Rose-ringed Parakeets are sexually dimorphic, and adult males sport black markings under their beaks and a dark band of colors around their necks."
Post-Processing:
1. Crop
2. Saturation
3. Levels
4. Unsharp Mask (Amount: 100%, Radius: 0.8, Threshold: 0)
This photo is relatively very processed. I usually don't do much post processing. The reason is that the subject was very far and I had to do a significant crop. Also, probably since I used Auto White Balance, I got some dull colors, so I increased the saturation.
Additional EXIF information:
Make - Canon
Model - Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
DateTime - 2006:02:03 10:33:38
ExposureTime - 1/320 seconds
FNumber - 9.00
ISOSpeedRatings - 200
ExifVersion - 0221
ShutterSpeedValue - 1/320 seconds
ApertureValue - F 9.00
ExposureBiasValue - 0.67
MaxApertureValue - F 5.60
MeteringMode - Multi-segment
Flash - Not fired
FocalLength - 300 mm
ExifImageWidth - 3072
ExifImageHeight - 2048
ExposureMode - Auto
Macro mode - Off
Self timer - Off
Quality - Fine
Flash mode - Not fired
Sequence mode - Single or Timer
Focus mode - One-Shot
Image size - Large
Easy shooting mode - Manual
Digital zoom - None
Contrast - High , +1
Saturation - High , +1
Sharpness - High , +1
Metering mode - Evaluative
Focus type - Auto
AF point selected -
Exposure mode - Av-priority
Focal length - 100 - 300 mm (1 mm)
White Balance - Auto
Flash bias - 0.00 EV
Subject Distance - 1780
Image Type - IMG:EOS DIGITAL REBEL JPEG |
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- hester
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(11160) - [2006-11-09 14:28]
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Fabulous capture although he looks a bit put out with you spying on him and she just doesn't look impressed at all. Excellent POV and colours.
These are breeding in London and the South East over here in England now
TFS
Karan
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- thor68
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(4677) - [2006-11-10 4:02]
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cool, they almost look like the one i could capture here in cologne.
it seems they are spreading all over europe the last years,
i saw some of course during my visits in Tel-Aviv, too.
anyway, very nice "action"-shot of this important moment in
the life of the parakeets with terrific poses and great colors,
there is just a slight noise in the bg, i guess from the strong cropping.
take care & shabat shalom, thor.
Hi Shahar,
a nice picture of these lovely parakeets.
Nice colours and good POV.
I don't know wjhat you mean wiht "hard PP", all digital pictures need to be post-processed. They need contrast, levels and sharpen. I see you ley the camera to the most of the PP, even if you set the parameters to zero(0) the camera will do a basic PP and you have no control of the PP.
The pictures need a bit sharpening because of the AA(Anti Alias) filter infront of the c-mos, teh filter stop the moiré effect and the side-effect will be sligtly softness.
Well done.
Gert
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