White-cheeked Honeyeater catching insect flight sequence (Phylidonyris nigra) 13744 x 5504 - 57.01 MB

Lennox Head, New South Wales.
Family: Meliphagidae
In front of the 3rd bird in is the insect it appears as a dot!
Raw files processed in NX Studio converted to tiff and opened in Photoshop.
22 masked flight layers with 2 backgound layers to cover the whole flight sequence. Photoshop Select and mask feature used.
Tonal adjustments and vibrancy. Color mixer HSL adjustment on the blue channel.
Camera Info
Device: Nikon Z 9
Lens: NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S
Focal Length: 800mm
Focus Mode: AF-C
AF-Area Mode: Wide-area AF (L)
VR: ON (SPORT)
AF Fine Tune: OFF
Exposure
Aperture: f/9
Shutter Speed: 1/2500s (Electronic Shutter)
Exposure Mode: Manual
Exposure Comp.: +0.3EV
Exposure Tuning:
Metering: Matrix
ISO Sensitivity: Auto (ISO 720)
File Info 2
Date Shot: 21/06/2022 7:44:51.18
Time Zone and Date: UTC+10, DST:OFF
Image Quality: RAW: High-Efficiency, Quality-Priority (14-bit)
Copyright: Peter Scholer
File Info 1
File: 20220621_Scarlet Honeyeater_00063.NEF
Date Created: 21/06/2022 8:44:51 AM
Date Modified: 21/06/2022 8:44:51 AM
File Size: 30.4 MB per frame.
Image Size: L (8256 x 5504), FX

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