Hybrid Scarlet-Great Green Macaw

[Doug Brown]

One of the highlights of the Costa Rica workshop that I co-lead with Greg Basco has to be the opportunity to photograph wild Macaws (Great Greens (endangered), Scarlets, and Hybrids) in flight. Their colors, poses, and expressions make them great subjects! I shot this frame in February during our most recent workshop. Looking forward to 2018!

Canon 1DX2, 600 mm, f/4.5, 1/2000, ISO 1250, manual exposure, hand held

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[Jay Ing]

Lovely capture - lovely color! Yes, CR is the bomb!

[Randy Stout]

Doug:

Great colors, wing and tail spread, head angle. Remarkable DOF with that lens and settings.

Beautiful .

Cheers

Randy

[Ian McLachlan]

All of the above and I like the fact that some of the greenery is in focus .It brings the rainforest habitat into the story as well. Great.

[David Salem]

Wow this is fantastic Doug. What a beautiful subject with tons of great colors. The flight post looks awesome also and you got some great details in this one.
Next Year!!

[annmpacheco]

Wow Doug, what a beautifully framed image, i like the diagonal focused leaves. What a bird! Love the colors of course but I'm taken with the topside pose and the beautiful symmetry strait down to the scarlet top tail feathers... one of the best.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Just beautiful Doug, excellent colours and details, love the surrounding foliage too.

[Mike Poole]

Lovely wingspan and the added environment is a big plus here

Mike

[arash_hazeghi]

Never seen one with such great quality and attractive BG, excellent shot Doug

[Isaac Grant]

Beautiful top side view with spread wings and beautiful colors. Agree that the background is really nice as well. Really great shot Doug.

[Doug Brown]

Many thanks for the comments everyone! It's been a long time since I last posted, and I hope to become more active in the coming months.

[Gabriela Plesea]

This is awesome, Doug!
Wonderful vibrant colours and such good image quality. Great framing, I like the vegetation around the subject which creates a lovely 3D feel. Sharpness is there where it matters and the HA form the bird is superb. Congratulations:cheers:

Kind regards,

[Marina Scarr]

This is one heck of an image. Love the POV and the added environment frames the bird just right.