Green Parakeet

[Jeff Parker]

Taken in Laredo,Texas. Possibly a natural colony of these in Laredo and also further down the Rio Grande in the Lower Valley. A lot of former Valley specialties are expanding north.

Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: +1 1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 800
Lens: EF600mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Cute pose and good eye contact Jeff as well as nice timing. The blue appears to have a slight magenta cast or perhaps it is just my monitor. Thanks for sharing.

[Fabs Forns]

Shame on the hard light getting the contrast high and casting a strong edged shadow in the body. Nice and sharp, would love to see more of them :)

[Jeff Parker]

I'll give ya another tomorrow:)

[Fabs Forns]

Great! :)

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Jeff, When were you in Laredo? Was this photographed in the city itself?

Cut back on the saturation and the image will be improved greatly.Love the scratching pose and the perfect head angle. Lots of flash, maybe ETTL at zero with a Better Beamer would have reduced the intensity of the shadow and evened out the lighting.

[Jeff Parker]

This was Sunday morning after the Pro-Tour Meet the Judges Party. I'll try the Better Beamer next time.

As for saturation, I started using ACR for my RAW conversion instead of Breeze Browser and every image seems oversaturated.