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The Black Beauty

The Black Beauty
Copyright ©2014, Arun Prabhu
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The Black Drongo or Dicrurus macrocercus by scientific name. This bird is specifically recognized by its forked tail. "The species is known for its aggressive behaviour towards much larger birds, such as crows, never hesitating to dive-bomb any birds of prey that invades its territory" - Wiki

Photographer: Arun Prabhu
Folder: Common area
Uploaded: 13-Jan-2014 07:53 CET
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Camera: Olympus E-620
Exposure time: 1/400
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Focal length: 200 ( Eq 400
Lens: SWD 50-200
Focusing method:
ISO: 250
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Flash: no
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Image resized to: 977x1024

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thought it was a crow itself from the thumbnail; i like the sharpness where it matters

dee vee at 05:01 CET on 14-Jan-2014 [Reply]

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dee vee wrote:
> thought it was a crow itself from the thumbnail; i like the sharpness where it matters
>

Thanks for looking...this species is recognized for its distinctive forked tail

Arun

Arun Prabhu at 08:45 CET on 14-Jan-2014 [Reply]

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Hello Arun,

Beautiful picture of this bird, it's only a bit noisy, especially in the dark parts of the picture.
Also the composition is not good. Place the bird more to the left of the picture, so you have more space at the right. On the side of the beak you should have the most space.

Greetings,

Wim

Wim Westerhof at 19:40 CET on 04-Feb-2014 [Reply]

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Nice to hear from you after a long time, Wim. I always appreciate your critique. As for the noise I am really not so sure which is the best way to reduce it. Neatimage no doubt does it well, but I guess you lose some amount of details as well.

Greetings,

Arun

Arun Prabhu at 17:49 CET on 05-Feb-2014 [Reply]

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Hello Arun,

I would use the neat image tool to remove the noise. Make first a noise profile and after that you can reduce the noise. You can set the amount of noise you want to remove.

Greetings Wim

Wim Westerhof at 18:52 CET on 10-Feb-2014 [Reply]

beauty it is

what a lovely and beautiful bird!
I love the composition

juliette gribnau at 15:17 CEST on 08-Apr-2014 [Reply]