Blue(!?) Lesser Grey Shrike - Turkey (1 Viewer)

[fthsm]

A friend from Turkey took this photo last week. It is possibly Lesser Grey Shrike but do you have any idea about the blue colored back and head?

 

[Cristian Mihai]

Strange bird indeed. Ignoring the back/head color it looks good for a LGS.

 

[Howard King]

Its a shame all Lesser Grey Shrikes are are not all this colour - hopefully someone will come forward with a scientific explanation of why this one is blue

 

[nickderry]

that's just mad! wow!

 

[screaming piha]

I would suggest that a colour balance and/or saturation issue is more likely than a Lesser Blue Shrike. Open it up in photoshop/lightroom or whatever, click on the back or head as a neutral area for white balance and the blue will disappear, perhaps leaving a blueish cast on the in-shadow areas (a typical colour cast in shade).

 

[nickderry]

I would suggest that a colour balance and/or saturation issue is more likely than a Lesser Blue Shrike. Open it up in photoshop/lightroom or whatever, click on the back or head as a neutral area for white balance and the blue will disappear, perhaps leaving a blueish cast on the in-shadow areas (a typical colour cast in shade).

You mean like this - less mad now, but still a cracking photo.

 

[Howard King]

One of the best shots of a Lesser posted recently

 

[fthsm]

I would suggest that a colour balance and/or saturation issue is more likely than a Lesser Blue Shrike. Open it up in photoshop/lightroom or whatever, click on the back or head as a neutral area for white balance and the blue will disappear, perhaps leaving a blueish cast on the in-shadow areas (a typical colour cast in shade).

Photo can be a little bit more saturated than the normal but I am quite sure that my friend didn't apply a lot and this bird has some blue tones. Anyway, let's see if someone have an idea.

 

[Rob Smallwood]

I'd agree - it's a product of the camera/processing (it looks to have been heavily sharpened at least) - my old Kyocera sometimes turned grey to green, the Contax turns it more to blue!