Photos – Rainbow Lorikeet at Rotary Park

Photos – Rainbow Lorikeet at Rotary Park

Rainbow Lorikeets may not be true native Western Australian Parrots but they are still beautiful birds, full of personality, and they’re here to stay.

This Rainbow Lorikeet was getting a bit agitated by some local Magpies so he got into some serious foot stamping & wing flourishing.
Proof that sometimes you just need to be in the right place at the right time 👍

Rainbow Lorikeet, Scenic Drive, Wanneroo, Western Australia - Photographic Art
Rainbow Lorikeet, Scenic Drive, Wanneroo, Western Australia – Photographic Art

Although still a work in progress the above image is the result of several steps of post processing in Adobe Lightroom Classic, Topaz DeNoise AI, Topaz Sharpen AI, ON1 Photo RAW 2022 and Adobe Photoshop.

Below I will show the progress at various stages of my workflow so you can see how the image processing progresses.

Rainbow Lorikeet, Scenic Drive, Wanneroo, Western Australia - Out of Camera RAW Image
Rainbow Lorikeet – Out of Camera RAW Image

This is the RAW image as produced by the camera (Canon EOS R5 + Sigma 150mm – 600mm) and exported from Lightroom with no changes made. As a general rule RAW images are slightly darker than required to allow for a good overall exposure and maintain the detail in the highlights.

Rainbow Lorikeet, Scenic Drive, Wanneroo, Western Australia - Processed in Adobe Lightroom
Rainbow Lorikeet – Processed in Adobe Lightroom

Here I have processed the image solely in Adobe Lightroom Classic, which is always my first step for an initial pass of adjustments. In this case adjustments include the Basic tab controls (Colour Profile, Exposure, Highlights, Shadows, etc..) and some tweaks in the Tone Curve tab.

Rainbow Lorikeet, Scenic Drive, Wanneroo, Western Australia - Processed in Topaz DeNoise AI, ON1 Effects & Topaz Sharpen AI
Rainbow Lorikeet – Processed in Topaz DeNoise AI, ON1 Effects & Topaz Sharpen AI

My next step was to open the image in Photoshop and add Noise Reduction in Topaz DeNoise AI, Colour Enhancements in ON1 Photo RAW Effects & some additional Sharpening on the bird in Topaz Sharpen AI.

Rainbow Lorikeet, Scenic Drive, Wanneroo, Western Australia - Final Processing in Adobe Photoshop
Rainbow Lorikeet – Final Processing in Adobe Photoshop

Finally, I finished the processing of the image in Adobe Photoshop, adding some colour balance, a slight Orton effect and making sure the saturation & levels look good.

Location: This image was taken at Rotary Park, Wanneroo, Western Australia.
Camera: Canon EOS R5 + Sigma 150mm-600mm1/3200 sec at f8.0, ISO 5000

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Photos – Twenty-Eight Parrot in the Daisies at Whiteman Park

Photos – Twenty-Eight Parrot in the Daisies at Whiteman Park

We went for a bush walk in Whiteman Park last week and spotted these two Twenty-Eight Parrots having lunch while being cleverly camouflaged by the yellow Daisies.

Twenty-Eight Having Lunch in the Daisies, Whiteman Park, Perth, Western Australia

Twenty-Eight Having Lunch in the Daisies, Whiteman Park, Perth, Western Australia

Twenty-Eight Standing Tall in the Daisies, Whiteman Park, Perth, Western Australia

Twenty-Eight Standing Tall in the Daisies, Whiteman Park, Perth, Western Australia

Whilst only found in Australia these guys are not considered endangered though they do compete for nesting space in the south west with the introduced Rainbow Lorikeets.

According to noongarculture.org.au the Twenty-Eight Parrot or darlmoorluk is the ‘guardian or protector of the camps’, not that that stopped them from being eaten when the need was high 🙂

You can read more about our Whiteman Park walk in Maggies blog post on MADAboutWA.com.au

Cheers,
Dave

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