File:DSG6553-1 - A lone songbird perched on the topmost twiglet.jpg

Summary[edit]

Camera location	51° 28′ 40.8″ N, 7° 33′ 18″ E	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	51.478000; 7.555000

Additional Information[edit]

en: A solitary songbird resting on the topmost twig of a conifer bough.

• Presumeably a Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) <-- Shape looks more like a Robin Erithacus rubecula, but not definitely identifiable in the low light conditions!
• Both bird and twigs are silhouetted against the distant blue sky.
• Image taken in October 2021 in Aplerbeck, Dortmund, Germany.

See below for technical details concerning the "making of" this image.

de: Dieser einsame Sänger rastet auf dem höchsten Zweig eines Nadelbaumastes.

• Mit ziemlicher Sicherheit als Blaumeise (Cyanistes caeruleus) identifiziert.
• Sowohl Vogel als auch Gezweig heben sich scherenschnittartig ab vom fernen Himmelsblau.
• Aufgenommen in Oktober 2021 in Aplerbeck, Dortmund, Deutschland.

Technische Daten zum Bild: siehe nachfolgende Beschreibung im englischer Sprache.

Technical Details / Making of this Image[edit]

• [1] Camera: Sony Alpha 7RIV, 61 Mpixels, sensor size 9904x6336.
• [2] Lens: Sigma 135mm F1.8 DG HSM | Art 017 + Sigma MC-11 EF-E adapter.
• [3] Scope: 1 image.
• [4] Camera / lens settings: ExposureProgram: aperture priority, ExposureMode: AUTO, electronic shutter: NO, FocusMode: AUTO, image stabilization: ON, FocalLength: 135mm, ISO 50, 1/800s, aperture 7.1, bias (=exposure compensation) -2.00, WB (white balance) 5600K, colour space 'Adobe RGB', image stored both as JPG and 16-bit 'ProPhoto-RGB' RAW (.ARW).
• [5] ---
• [6] Adobe Lightroom: (a) imported 16-bit 'ProPhoto-RGB' RAW (.ARW) file (b) Preset 004 (Presence + Sharpening + NoiseRed + LensParamCorr) (c) Exposure: +1.05 (d) texture: +50, clarity. +30, vibrance: +10, saturation: +3 (e) Tone curve: 0>0, 47>34, 220>220, 255>255 (f) exported as TIFF/16bit, retaining 'ProPhoto-RGB' colour profile.
• [7] ---
• [8] Adobe Photoshop: (a) imported TIFF/16bit image, explicitly preserving embedded colour space 'ProPhoto-RGB'. (b) mask: NO (c) tone curve: NO (d) removed sensor specks & twigs at left (e) enhanced sharpness: NO (f) crop: NO (g) exported as JPG max. quality file with embedded 'sRGB' colour profile.
• [9] Dimensions: Size of bird (head-tail) approx. 120 mm.
• [10] Wiki Commons categorisation: 'Category:Cyanistes' (includes Eurasian blue tit).

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