Rosy-Faced Lovebird

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi folks , a short break from South Georgia and visiting Namibia .
Image taken in the Waterberg NP in the east of Namibia ... was very happy to find a flock of these lovely little parrots .
Quiet noisy these guys ..... remembered me of my youth times , as I kept two pairs of them at home . Never bred them sadly .... for whatever reason it did not work , had several clutches of eggs but no hatchlings .


Canon EOS 1D MK IV
EF 500 IS L + 1,4 TC
HH lying flat on the ground

F 8 ; Iso 250 ; 1/640 sec .... well well , different settings than I would use today

Processed with DPP 4 and PSC 2021 ; slightly cropped from all sides

Thanks for watching and commenting to my previous posting

Cheers Andreas

[William Dickson]

It feels as though I am there...Great DOF. Really like the colours and detail on the bird....Nice POV...I think the 1D4 served you well Andreas..

Will

[Dorian Anderson]

Amazing that you posted this today as I am in the process of planning a Madagascar/South Africa/Namibia trip right now! I saw images of these guys on the ground, and I was thinking how a low-angle like this would work. The answer is very well! Super sharp with beautiful light and color. Well done!

[kevin Hice]

I was looking at this and saw Will's comment that he stole from me. Absolutely correct like in the same room. The detail is amazing ,colors pop everything right on.TFS

[Bill Dix]

Lovely bird with great colors; good POV.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Beautiful IQ, POV and eye contact. Thoroughly enjoyed this one. TFS.

[Steve Kaluski]

You nailed that on Andreas, cool colours with fine detail.

You might want to address the small OOF area, about 70mm below the beak...???

Some fond memories that year.

TFS
Steve

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks so much folks , for kind comments !!!

@ Dorian , wow sounds like a great trip you are planning !!! How much time are you planning in those areas ??? Hopefully not too short ....

@ Steve , oh **** how could have missed that OOF blob .... next time i will try to remove it . As it somehow ruins the whole image ..... LOL

Cheers Andreas

[Kurt Bowman]

Nice low POV, good techs, pp, etc. We have these guys in Arizona too and they are really noisy. But I like their sound. Nice work on this the low POV works well.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Kurt ... thanks for your comment , much appreciated .
What are they doing in Arizona ??? Bet they have been kept as pets , in the past . And some of them disappeared into the wild ....

[John Mack]

Love the colors on this bird.