Brown-hooded Parrot in the Rain

[Doug Brown]

I spent a fair amount of time trying to do flight photography on my last Costa Rica workshop. Invariably the rain would come, but rain can make for some really cool images. This Brown-hooded Parrot was coming in for a wet-weather landing when I captured him in flight. Not a lot of shutter speed for a fast flier, so the sharpness could be a little better. But I still like the frame.



Canon 1D Mark IV, 70-300mm L @ 146mm, f/5, 1/800, ISO 2000, manual exposure, hand held

[Ofer Levy]

A unique and interesting image! Pretty amazing you got it sharp at such low shutter speed! Awesome work!

[Melvin Grey]

Very nice wing positions and blur, making the most of those incredible colours. That head looks pretty sharp to me! Nice atmosphere.

[gail bisson]

I can see why you like this.
For me ,it is all about the great colors.
eye and face are sharp so wing blur is fine,
Gail

[Marina Scarr]

Wonderful colors, Doug, and it's amazing how the BG matches the bird so well. Like the raindrops and the hanging feet.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Wing blur adds to this one. Great feeling of action and wonderful color.

[Randy Stout]

Doug:

Very fine, rain drops, slightly dark exposure, action, wing blur, all work here. I can almost feel the jungle from here.

Cheers

Randy

[Arno Ellmer]

The in- focus head( VWD at 1/800 ! ) , the blur and the raindrops make this image for me.Lovely colours.As Randy says : one can feel the jungle.Great shot ,Doug .

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent shot. Love the rain, great pose, and sharp where it needs to be.
Well done.

[dankearl]

I love the color and the flight position.
Very attractive bird and BG and the rain.
A tad more NR would look nice to me, but I realize that it is also easy to blur the raindrops.
Very nice for the light conditions and I think the SS actually made the image better.
I like the blurred wings.

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent flight pose captured.Love it.I like the wonderful action,colors and Bg with rain.

Regards,
Satish.

[HadiAnsari]

Hi Doug
Very nice wing positions and blur, making the most of those incredible colours and Love the rain

[Melissa Groo]

Superb colors, and great sharpness given your SS. I like the wing blur here, and the raindrops. Great comp too.

[Doug Brown]

Appreciate the feedback everyone!

[arash_hazeghi]

very cool love the ambiance!