Pair of Red Fronted Macaws in Flight

[Monte Brown]

Pair of Red Fronted Macaws, image was originally underexposed so it has some noise.

1D Mark III
Canon 400 IS DO f4
1/1000 @ f11
Manual
ISO 400

Comments appreciated

[Doug Brown]

Gorgeous birds! You did a nice job bringing your exposure back, and the sharpness is good. The birds are too centered in the frame; I would move them to the left. I wish we had a better look at the wings, and I would also like to see the beaks more clearly (not overlapping with feathers). I don't normally use f/11 for flight photography; f/7.1 or f/8 is usually sufficient. I use the extra light to give me more shutter speed or a lower ISO.

[Roman Kurywczak]

HI Monte,
Very good advice given by Doug and I agree. Since you use the Mark 3....once you aquire focus (which appears you did).....I'll borrow a phrase from a friend....put the hammer down! This helps insure the correct wing position! Unlike the film days...digital frames are cheap!