Mitred Parakeet (Bolivia)

[Glenn Bartley]

Happy New Year Everyone!

Here's a favourite from my recent Bolivia trip. These guys are pretty fast flyers so this one had a pretty high degree of difficulty. But with some good technique, a bit of patience and some luck I was able to nail this guy :-)

Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/1600 sec
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 400
Focal length: 500mm + 1.4x

[Bill Dix]

Well done to catch this guy in flight, Glenn. Perfect wing spread, and a nice hint of a head turn to boot. Beautiful color.

[PhilCook]

Lovely feather detail in that wing spread, and agree the slight head turn works nicely, well done on this one for sure

[Richard Unsworth]

The detail here is superb and the colour so vibrant

very difficult for sure

downside for me is that in an odd way it doesnt look real - that BG is out of place somehow

[Colin Driscoll]

Excellent high degree of difficulty shot. Detail and lighting are spot on. Agree about the slightly artificial look given the bg but a great shot never the less.

[Karl Egressy]

Great banking pose, nice head turn and beauty background, Glenn.
Happy New Year to you too.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Looks beautiful Glenn... a small image size is really not doing justice..