Australian Wild Birds

Images of Australian birds by John Stirling


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The site is still under construction - lots of photos still to come and quite a few already on the site need to be removed or reworked.


Since writing the previous sentence several years ago, I've come to realise that the site will always be under construction.  New species will be added to the site as long as I continue to have the strength to go out and photograph them, and hopefully the quality will be able to be raised a notch or two as well.


Sequence and Taxonomy follows IOC (International Ornithological Congress) V6.3, July 2016.




Photographs:

                                    Most images were taken with the equipment listed below.  However, some of the earlier ones were taken with a Canon EOS 50D and Canon EOS 7D combined with a Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM lens and Canon Extenders EF 1.4x II and EF 2x II.                   


                                    Earlier still, there are a dozen or so images digiscoped using a Canon PowerShot S60 attached to a Swarovski ATS 80 HD spotting 'scope with 20-60x Eyepiece.


                                    Software used is primarily Adobe Lightroom Classic with some improvements provided by Adobe Photoshop, Topaz Denoise AI, Topaz Sharpen AI, and Corel PaintShop Pro.




Equipment:

                               Canon EOS 7D Mark II

                               Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

                               Canon EOS R5

                               Canon BG-R10

                               Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

                               Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM

                               Canon EF 600 mm f/4L IS III USM

                               Canon Extender EF 1.4x III

                               Canon Extender EF 2x III

                               Canon Control Ring Mount Adaptor EF-EOS R

                               Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

                               Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM

                               Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM

                               Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

                               Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

                               Canon Speedlite 580EX

                               Canon Battery Charger LC-E6

                               Canon Battery Charger LC-E6E

                               Simplecom CR307 USB3.0 Card Reader

                               Lexar LRWCFX-A10U Card Reader

                               SanDisk Extreme Pro SDDR-F451 Card Reader

                               Visual Echoes FX3 Better Beamer Flash Extender

                               Canon RS80N3 Cable Release

                               Manfrotto 756B Tripod

                               Manfrotto 501 Video Head

                               FotoSharp 25" (64 cm) "PRO" Camera Rain Cover

                               Hoya PRO1 67mm MC PL-C Circular Polarising Filter

                               Hoya PRO1 67mm MC UV(0) Ultraviolet Filter

                               Hoya PRO1 52mm MC UV(0) Ultraviolet Filter







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