Cockatoo

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

A cockatoo from down under, port Stephens near Sydney.
5D IV
100-400 II+1.4X TC III
1/2000
f/8
ISO 800

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Mods can you please add this as a theme image. Thanks.

[Arthur Morris]

Really neat bird pose and pose and eye skin. In post I think that it could go a lot lighter ... In the field, it would have been great to get right down on the ground.

with love, artie

[Daniel Cadieux]

Ditto Artie, plus I added "Theme" for you. I like the grasses hanging from the bill.

[Jake Levin]

This looks like a Bare-eyed Cockatoo. I only know that because there is one on YouTube with a vocabulary that a sailor would blush at :bg3:

I agree that the lower you go the better off you'd be. Good sharpness and detail on the head and face.

[Jay Shah]

Nice one Sanjeev. LIke the details, pose, grass in the beak. I would have tried to brighten the eyes a bit.

[Susan Smitha]

The image composition is very good. the detail of the cockatoo looks good. nice work sanjeev.

[Glennie Passier]

Interesting pose for this bird. Nice detail in the whites. I might consider toning down the brown spots in the BG.

Not a cockatoo. Mostly known as a corella or little corella (Cacatua sanguinea).

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Thanks for the name correction Glennie. Much appreciated.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

This looks like a Bare-eyed Cockatoo.

Little Corella :)

Though technically, still a cockatoo species.

Agree about getting lower and being lighter. Nice to shoot these white rascals in soft light. Well done!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Not a cockatoo.

Technically speaking, yes, it is still a species of cockatoo. :)