Adelaide Rosella Portrait

Recent one of this Rosella species that resides pretty much only around the Adelaide region....hence the name. Essentially it is a Crimson Rosella common to the eastern states, but slightly different coloring with the chest being orange rather than crimson { not shown here ]

Cropped to portrait as it's legs/feet were lost in branches so didn't wish to keep it as a full image


Canon 7D + 500 f4....f6.3, 1/1600, ISO 800, no flash, manual exposure mode, tripod mounted....cropped and added brightness, selective sharpen

Very nice looking rosella! nice light and colours. I would suggest to crop more on top but trying to maintain the 2:3 ratio.

I can't believe you have birds like this flying around where you can photograph them.
Super details and crop, would not change a thing.

I'm glad that you chose to post a portrait, Phil as it shows beautiful details and colours.
Well done

Super portrait with lovely colors and angle. I would crop a tad from the top.

Wonderful portrait! Techs and colors look great!

Nice comp horizontally but agree about less on top.

That's one beautiful portrait Phil,well done.

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Originally Posted by dankearl

I can't believe you have birds like this flying around where you can photograph them.
Super details and crop, would not change a thing.

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Thanks Dan......not as easy tp photograph as one may think, they are relatively common, but very shy, a lot of predation by cats and foxes and invasion of the pest Noisy Miners. Over approx 4 years I think I have only managed about 4 keeper shots after hundreds of attempts. I don't use baits or feeders, although a feeder would likely work in an area they frequent. Calls will not work on these birds, as is the case with most of the Parrot species, just perseverance and luck on the day.

Wow!!
Beautiful bird and shot.
The details are superb and and nice soft light.
Very well done.

excellent portrait!. lovely comp, details & colors

Terrific portrait with beautiful colours and and a good comp. Thanks for the additional info too about this species.

Very nice Phil, love the colors and the detail in this. I like the comp you have chosen for this also. Awesome!!

handsome portrait Phil, very colorful. sharp details

I bet looks even nicer against a green BG.

Excellent portrait,Phil.
Excellent colors,details,BG and composition.
Every thing in this image is it's beautiful eye.

Regards,
Satish,.