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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Glenn Bartley on January 02, 2013, 11:09:30 am

Title: Mitred Parakeet (Bolivia)
Post by: Glenn Bartley on January 02, 2013, 11:09:30 am

Happy New Year Everyone!

Here's a favourite from my recent Bolivia trip. These guys are pretty fast flyers so this one had a pretty high degree of difficulty. But with some good technique, a bit of patience and some luck I was able to nail this guy :-)

(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9444/mitredparakeet01.jpg)

Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/1600 sec
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 400
Focal length: 500mm + 1.4x

P.S. For tips on tropical photography (including flight photography) be sure to check out my new E-book "The Guide to Tropical Nature Photography - http://www.theguidetotropicalnaturephotography.com/

Title: Re: Mitred Parakeet (Bolivia)
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on January 02, 2013, 11:44:01 am

A beaut!

Title: Re: Mitred Parakeet (Bolivia)
Post by: Praki on January 02, 2013, 12:38:29 pm

Glenn:
"But with some good technique, a bit of patience and some luck ..."
When you have plenty of the first two, you may not need the last. Fabulous image as always. Look forward to your posts on this page.
Praki.

Title: Re: Mitred Parakeet (Bolivia)
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 02, 2013, 08:07:37 pm

Glenn,

Another beauty!
I suspect you always carry a twenty-pound sack of "luck" with you wherever you go.  ;)

Title: Re: Mitred Parakeet (Bolivia)
Post by: Matt Tilghman on January 02, 2013, 08:50:05 pm

Beautiful!  Tropical birds are so stunning!

Title: Re: Mitred Parakeet (Bolivia)
Post by: Tony Jay on January 02, 2013, 09:50:42 pm

Another winner Glenn.
I fully appreciate the difficulty of that shot.

BTW are we ever going to see you in Australia.
The parrots here need to be seen to be believed - technicolour dreamcoat stuff - no to mention all the other species.

I will certainly check out your e-book.

Tony Jay

Title: Re: Mitred Parakeet (Bolivia)
Post by: francois on January 03, 2013, 10:53:35 am

Congrats… I cannot add more to the previous comments!

Bravo