'Tis the real Captain Hook?

[Richard Unsworth]

hope that brightens your day


Captured in the Osa Peninsula, near Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica

Processed with DPP and CS5

borderline reds, nice on head though

7d 100-400, eV +.66, iso 800, 1/400

[Daniel Cadieux]

It does brighten my day...literally!! It looks quite happy too! Is this a captive bird? Looks like it is munching on an avocado (which I do wish was not visible)? How big a crop...I'm wondering because you got lots of DOF to cover the tip of the bill and the eyes which would suggest either a very small aperture or a large crop from standing further away...

[Sid Garige]

Nice one Richard. Tough shooting conditions with bright back light well handeld.

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi

was a fun post really , the hook like claw amused me.
was a fairly tight crop, shot it a bit tight at the bottom which is as shown.
The food is in fact an Indian Beach Almond which they go nuts for! Perhaps I will clone it out.
actually shot looks way better here I will reprocess for web and see.

This is a WILD bird; occasionally you can get close enough to strooke them; dont they can do a lot of dmage. I was once bitten by one
in Corcavado National Park - it was semi wild and I could have easily lost a fonger!!

[Derek Willcox]

what a nice photo richard i think daniel thought if it was a avocado the reason for it not to be seen is that avocados are deadly to parrots i could be wrong on he's meaning

[Daniel Cadieux]

I didn't know avocados were deadly to parrots...good to know!! As a young boy my neighbor had a pet macaw (that she had brought from her native French Guiana). Quite friendly, but I also witnessed someone get bit on the finger, barely any contact but the skin was pierced anyhow!

Thanks for the additional info Richard!