Red-rumped parrot

[Gerhard Weldhagen]

A male Red-rumped parrot in typical habitat, taken today along the Murray river in South Australia. Canon EOS 7D Mark II, EF600mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x III, 1/1000, f8, ISO 250, monopod. Cropped, resized and sharpened in CS6, removed OOF twig in foreground. Thanks for looking, all critique welcome.

[Bill Dix]

Splendid looking bird in nice light and colors. Good pose, although if the tail hadn't been hidden it would be even better. I find the twigs on the left somewhat distracting. They could, of course, be cloned out, but that may be more intervention than you like to do.

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent image of beautiful bird.

Regards,
Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gerhard, I like the angled pose, and nicely placed that most of the parrot is against the open smooth BG. I really like the colours on this fellow, and the feather detail shows up nicely. Bill pointed out the distracting reeds behind the parrot.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice image, beautiful colors.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Spectacular looking bird here, awesome colours. Good BG, and nice perch. I agree there a few too many grasses in the back - would you have been able to move to your left without spooking the subject or falling down a ravine?

[Gerhard Weldhagen]

Spectacular looking bird here, awesome colours. Good BG, and nice perch. I agree there a few too many grasses in the back - would you have been able to move to your left without spooking the subject or falling down a ravine?

No chance going left as I would be in deep water so had to make the best of the situation. Thanks for all the comments!

[adrian dancy]

Some good points above but all in all I'm happy as is. Nice work. (nice bird too:) )