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Here is a female Ring-necked Parakeet photographed recently in my garden in Dubai. The ring is conspicuous only in the male and I can post a portrait of a male if anyone would like to see the difference. Comments welcome. Thanks for looking.
Camera: Canon 1Ds Mk II
Lens: Canon EF 400mm 1:5.6 L
Flash: Canon 550EX E-TTL
1/100 sec, f/7.1, exp comp -2/3
Manfrotto tripod, Gitzo head
Beautiful bird and perch David! I might be tempted to add a little more canvas to the image up top as it feels a little cramped to me. I think the bird could stand a little more contrast, although I've not seen this bird in person before. Thanks for posting!
Gorgeous image David. Really love the composition and great perch as well as a beautiufl BG. I agree a tad more space on top and a little on the left would be good but absolutely love this image . Great work and many thanks for sharing David.
Nice perch, color and BG. I agree with Doug that it looks like it could use a bit of contrast (but I've never seen one either).
Steve
Pleasing image overall David, the light is nice and soft. I would sharpen up the bill and the eye to make it pop more.
Is this guy wild or clipped?
Robert
Many thanks for your comments Doug, Judy Lynn, Steve and Robert - all very much appreciated. I was preparing this image (my first in ages) at midnight last night and at the last moment found it was one per cent over the limit! Rather than do the proper thing I shaved it and that's probably why the balance is out. I was a bit wary about your comments about contrast because these birds really are not that fluorescent and that is what seemed to be happening when I previously added contrast. However, it seemed to work this evening and the contrast has now gone up from about +1 to about +7. This bird (a gal not a guy Robert!) is completely wild. We have about 10 of them that visit us in the early mornings and in the evenings during the winter months and a few less during summer. The new posting has taken all your comments into account - composition, contrast and selective sharpening; when I was working on the bill I noticed what looked like a few green seeds but decided to leave them in for the moment.
