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On a request from cdewet, I am posting this picture of a Kookaburra. I am pretty sure that this is a blue winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii), that can be found in the northern parts of Australia and also in New Guinea.
Kookaburras are of the kingfisher family, as you can probably see and can be found in various shapes all over Australia. They have a very special raw laughing sound that is very common in the australian woodlands, I tried to recreate it in the title. This is especially true for the Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) that is more common in the southern half of Australia as well as Tasmania.
The picture is scanned from a 13 year old paper copy, pretty decent for such I think. this was taken in the wild with a 50mm lens so I was pretty close. Postprocessing included cropping, level adjustments, selective brightning of the bird, and 50% unsharp mask. |
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Nice framing! I like the old noisy feel, reminds me of the "old" 80s nature programs on TV. The busy foreground is an excellent surrounding for this bird. Composition-wise it might have worked even better if the bird was looking to the center of the picture, but it almost has a grunge-feel this way, which is good.
Thanx Mattias - Sorry I took so long, TE was unavailable for me. The kookaburra is the largest dryland kingfisher. Our Giant kingfisher,is the largest avian species. A decent picture from a scanned print here.
- carper
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Good shot Mattias,
I know how differcult it is to get one before your lens. I did it try to, but I mist one. well done
Yes Mattias - this is a Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii). Their 'laugh' sounds more like someone being strangled though! ... unlike their cousin the Laughing Kookaburra which owns the famous laughing call. There are other kookaburra species (Dacelo) in New Guinea too - but I know nothing of what kind of sounds they make.
ok, you hadn't all the technology available that time, but the colors are nice, so as the notes. At Brazil we have a bird called "Bem-te-vi" (on a free translate - something like Ha! I've seen you!), because the sound that he produces is some like that phrase - Bem-te-vi. (b'ėj-ti-v'i is how you speak). I'll try to post one picture of it some day. It's really beautyfull.
Sorry, this should be a discussion, not a critique, but I think you'll get the point.
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