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Malachite Kingfisher

Malachite Kingfisher - Immature

Photographer

» Glenn Pure

Location

» Okavango Delta

Country image taken

» Botswana

Date

» May, 2017

Equipment

» Canon 80D with Canon 100-400mm Mark II L IS USM at 400mm handheld

Bird Species

»Corythornis cristatus - Malachite Kingfisher

Bird Species (French)

»Martin-pêcheur huppé

Bird Family

»Alcedinidae - Kingfishers

Bird Group

»Coraciiformes Bee-eater, Kingfisher, Roller

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» The bird was perched on a low branch next to the water, shaded by overhead foliage. Manual exposure 1/160 sec, f7.1 ISO 640. Lighting adjustments, NR, cropping and digital lens optimiser applied in Canon DPP 4. Exported 16 bit TIFF file processed in Adobe Photoshop Elements with Neat Image NR plugin to reduce noise. Sharpened after final size reduction.

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