Contented parrot

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi

This Scarlet Macaw soaks up the sun in Puerto Jimenez, Osa, CR

I have used more tricks on this than Harry Potter
anyone like it?
and..yes the red head is blown

[Dennis Bishop]

This is great. I really like the colors -- RBG big time! The background colors, themselves, are appealing enough, but the diagonals they form -- intersecting behind the macaw -- is a great touch. With a close-up like this, the curves of the beak and head take center stage. The detail in the macaw and the tonal range of the feathers are wonderful. I even like the fact that its eye is closed. Depending on how one looks at the image, the closed eye gives it a more abstract appearance. Or, if one takes it all in quickly, the nostril appears to be an eye and gives a comical look. Something for everybody . . .

[Richard Unsworth]

Hey Dennis

thanks for that

In fact I do have the same shot with an open eye! but preferred this one as it seems to personify his happiness catching the sun's warmth

[Dennis Bishop]

. . . I do have the same shot with an open eye! but preferred this one as it seems to personify his happiness catching the sun's warmth

Ah, it does. Hence the title. I shouldn't have missed that.

[denise ippolito]

Richard, Nice job with the capture. Agree the head is blown, I might also tone down the whites around the eye. This has a nice almost abstract look to it.