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Tawn between....

            Not often I put up current shots but today, a very wet and cool day in Brisbane saw us venture out briefly to local Boondall Wetlands Centre in search of snakes and Tawny Frogmouths. Challenging photo conditions with very bright skies and shadows amongst the extensive tree cover, as contrasty as each end of your histogram!

Did we find one of the local Pythons....no, we never have despite them being regular visitors to sun themselves But not possible today. Mind you, we did find one of their skins, reliably reported by one of the staff as the "small" one. Ok, yikes! 

The Tawnies, well, no couldn't find them either...until we had a little walk out the back. Then I spotted one on its own and Jenny spotted another two not far away, but very high up. Once again the local staff told us the three were Dad and Mum and a fully grown juvenile. It was impossible to get three or even 2 together, unlike many shots you see of them, they were sitting separately. You can just see the feathers of another in the bottom left, camera settings for this distant shot and the resulting DOF just would not do the trick of them both in focus. One bird was better than none and it was the best placed anyway as they were all hiding behind trunks and foliage. As for male, female or juvie, I have no idea! 

As it was, this shot at 600mm has been cropped and lightened! Shot on a Nikon D810 with Sigma Sport 150-600mm f5-6.3.

Taken on: November 19, 2024

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Nikon D810

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Tawny Frogmouth

Boondall Wetlands Centre, Brisbane

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Camera: Nikon D810, f/6.3, 1/3200 sec, 440mm, ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D810
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	1/3200 sec
Focal Length:	440mm
ISO:	1250
Exposure Bias:	+1 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Gain Control:	High gain up
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Snapseed 2.25.642066665
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