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Glenn Bartley
10-17-2011, 06:50 AM
Greetings from Peru everyone!

My appologies for my lack of participation these past 6 weeks. I have been in the Peruvian Amazon and largely away from electricity (let alone internet). After spending 6 weeks in Peru I can tell you all that it is indeed a bird watchers paradise. Where I was staying in Manu National Park has 1000 species - in one park :shock:

I'm just back in Lima for a day to do some laundrey, emailing, etc. and then I'm back off into the field. I'll be visiting some pretty remote regions of the central highlands and have a few gems that I am after.

In any case here is a spectacular bird from the lowlands - the Red and Green Macaw. I am not very confident in the calibration of my laptop. Rather...it is a $350 laptop and probably cannot be calibrated accurately. I did the best I could on this one and hopefully it looks Ok.

All the best everyone!

Glenn

Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/1250 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure compensation: -2/3
ISO: 800
Focal length: 500mm + 1.4x

Mital Patel
10-17-2011, 08:39 AM
Glenn,

Beautiful image. Exposure seems tricky with this colorful bird and you did well on that.

Sachin Saraf
10-17-2011, 09:26 AM
What a beauty...I would like to see it large and may be a bit higher in the frame...TFS looking forward to see more from your trip

Cheryl Arena Molennor
10-17-2011, 05:28 PM
Amazing colors and sharp too. I like that you left the greens in the bg

Dan Busby
10-17-2011, 08:33 PM
Great shot of this bird showing us everything that it has Glenn. Can't wait to see more from your trip!

yogesh_puranik
10-17-2011, 08:43 PM
wow..you are in dream land amazing colors..

Sid Garige
10-18-2011, 04:42 PM
Amazing image Glenn. Great colors and full wing spread.

Ben_Sadd
10-18-2011, 04:51 PM
Cool colours and overall a nice capture. Would love to see it larger though.