Blue and yellow Macaw

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3821/11129401043_15251f43ef_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobie_schalkwyk/11129401043/)

I see that all birds which I could pick up so far on this forum were 'wildlife' birds. Let me introduce myself with something diffrent. Photographed at Monte Casino Bird Gardens, South Africa.

Nikon D600
f/5.6
1/160s
ISO 800
300mm
Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6 DI VC USD
Handheld

All comments welcome

[Linda Dulak]

Not many macaws on this forum. I like the position, the good eye contact and sharpness of the head. I might crop in a bit all around to focus on the head. My eye keeps going to the OOF feathers on the wing. Also try to tone down the bright area around the head a bit. If you could have, moving a bit to the right could have put the head against a better background.

Thanks for showing!

Linda

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Thanks For the reply Linda! I did not really have too much of freedom as far as my position was concerned - one of the reasons why I took the photo from such a short distance... :S3:

[Satish Ranadive]

Beautiful portrait with beautiful colors. Agree with Linda's comments. Wish you could have used lower aperture to get feathers in focus.

Regards,
Satish.

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

The crop to get rid of most of the focus is a bit too tight for my liking Linda, but I've done it regardless...

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