King Parrot

[Jeroen Stel]

Has been a while since i last posted down here but hope to be posting some more again from now on. Have been on a trip to Australia recently and here's one of the Parrots i came across down there thanks to a tip from fellow BPN member and friend Jan Wegener..(so thanks Jan!)

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark IV
Shutter speed: 1/640 sec
Aperture: F 4
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: + 1/3
Flash:yes + Better Beamer
Flash exposure compensation: - 1 2/3
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Servo
ISO: 640
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod and Wimberley Sidekick
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS5

[Richard Unsworth]

:S3:

Lovely shot, lovely bird, love that little shine on the beak, nothing else to say

[Phil Ertel]

I love the look back and the view of the tail. The bird appears sharp and well exposed. I like the green on green presentation. Thanks for sharing.

[Arthur Morris]

Good to see you and your image back :). Superb on all counts. Love the BKGR, the face and bill, and the details in the rump. Love the details in the back and rump feathers. Just a tad short on d-of for the tail.

[stuart wanuck]

irridescence galor great and colorful image

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Jeroen! Great colours, look back pose, perch and BG.

[Bob Pelkey]

Wow. Strikingly green image the likes of which I've not seen before. The longer I stare at the image, the more pleasing brown can be seen.

[Jeroen Stel]

Thank you for your comments so far and as for the DOF i have to agree with you Arthur. I have tried to increase the DOF with a little PS work here..

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

[Ofer Levy]

Stunning portrait of this beauty my freind! Agree about the tail but it is not a deal breaker at all. Prefer the original with no PP work.

[ramesh anantharaman]

what a beautiful bird...... And has been presented splendidly. :cheers::cheers::cheers:

[Hayath Mohammed]

The first version posted works better IMHO

Excellent head turn to compliment the details and color.

Cheers,
Hayath