Not Another Florida Bird

[Doug Brown]

I've still got a bunch of images from Costa Rica that I've yet to post, so I thought I'd get out of my Florida rut :t3 and revisit Central America. This is a Brown-Hooded Parrot from my most recent workshop. We'll be returning to this incredible location on this year's trip.

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Canon 1D Mark IV, 400mm, f/5.6, 1/500, ISO 640, manual exposure, fill flash, tripod

[Ofer Levy]

Fantastic use of flash!!! Would work nicely as a tight vertical as the left half of the image doesn't add much IMHO.

[Dan Brown]

Sweet, Doug! I really like the BG and the lighter area being behind the bird! Nice perch and the framing is about perfect!

[Sid Garige]

Beautiful bird and excellent techs Doug. Excellent image.

[Jim Neiger]

Fantastic bird, bg, and composition, Doug! The colors are incredible.

[Ofer Levy]

This is what I had in mind.

[Doug Brown]

This is what I had in mind.

Thanks for the repost Ofer. It looks good.

[Jonathan Ashton]

I like them both, super detail and optimal flash - a real gem!!

[Troy Lim]

Doug, nice shot...looks like it was slowly moving to the lower part of the branch.

[Doug Brown]

Doug, nice shot...looks like it was slowly moving to the lower part of the branch.

Thanks Troy. It was walking down the branch.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Doug, superb colors, exp., subject and comp. I like how you got the bird in front of the green. I realize the light was not with you but stopping down a tad wud have been better. I know you dont mind shooting at higher ISO.

[Chris Kotze]

Beautiful colours and super detail. Excellent image

[Steve Wasson]

Beautiful capture! I prefer the original landscape framing... Makes me wonder what the bird is looking at.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent colors and details Doug, really nice!

[christopher galeski]

very colorful bird,nice perch,great BG,good detail,like both posts.thanks.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful Doug Bhai... totally loved it... :cheers:

[Stu Bowie]

A very colourful parrot Doug, must have the full colour spectrum covered :w3 I prefer your OP, as I like the way he's looking down the line of the perch, together with the space. Love the moss covered perch too.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Doug! I like the BG, colourful bird and perch.