Morning Band-tail

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Description

I got this shot of a band-tailed pigeon this morning. I think they’re kind’ve exotic looking.

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Cropping? Anything?

Technical Details

Z9, 180-600 lens, Nikon 1.4 TC, monopod, 1/1000th, f 9.0, 1260mm, ISO 4500, cropped to 2659 x 2076.

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Interesting lighting and pose in this one, Dave. It looks like the noise reduction went crazy however, as you’ve lost most of the feather detail which should be there in this close a shot.

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Let’s hear it for the humble pigeon. Here in the UK they are so widespread that we tend to ignore them, but they are actually quite striking.