Kea mid-air hop

[Ian McHenry]

While panning for flight feather colors I ended up with a kea hopping instead from rock to food tray.
Captive bird in large flight aviary.
Details : Pentax K30 with Tamron 70-300 @ 133mms.
1600 ISO F5.6 @ 1/3200sec. Taken shortly before mid-day.
About 60% crop.
Comments welcome.
Cheers Ian Mc: http://www.pbase.com/ianmc/root&page=all

[arash_hazeghi]

Those greens are really nice and saturated. Unfortunately light was too harsh here and subject is soft. Perhaps the focus locked on the contrasty BG

[Ian McHenry]

Thanks Arash.
Used Multi segment metering but having problems with Photoshop Elements Save for Web quality.
However The B/G shrubs do look sharper.
Something else for me to watch for !!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Nice specie for sure! love the greens as commented by arash. Also wish the image did not look grainy.