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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Glenn Bartley on October 10, 2013, 11:56:58 am

Title: Blue-headed Parrot (Peru)
Post by: Glenn Bartley on October 10, 2013, 11:56:58 am

One of the stops on my Peru tour was to visit an incredible place in lowland Amazonia where several species of parrots and macaws come to eat clay each day. They need to do this to help them digest the toxic seeds and fruits that they eat.

Although the highlight tends to be the 100 or so Red-and-Green Macaws that come down, there are also some other beautiful species like this Blue-headed Parrot.

As a side note - I am loving this new 600mm!  :-)

(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/7772/xhlo.jpg)

Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/3200 sec
Aperture: 4
Exposure compensation: -1/3
ISO: 640
Lens: EF600mm f/4L IS II USM - Hand held

Title: Re: Blue-headed Parrot (Peru)
Post by: Ken Bennett on October 10, 2013, 12:08:10 pm

Hand held? Wow.

You must have very good arms.... :)

Title: Re: Blue-headed Parrot (Peru)
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 10, 2013, 07:08:56 pm

Quote from: k bennett on October 10, 2013, 12:08:10 pm

Hand held? Wow.

You must have very good arms.... :)

And very good sense of timing, to get the wings at just the right instant.

Title: Re: Blue-headed Parrot (Peru)
Post by: AFairley on October 10, 2013, 08:43:16 pm

That is really "on the fly."  Pretty damned impressive.

Title: Re: Blue-headed Parrot (Peru)
Post by: francois on October 11, 2013, 03:09:00 am

Fantastic framing along with those colors… A feast for the eyes - as always!

Title: Re: Blue-headed Parrot (Peru)
Post by: NancyP on October 11, 2013, 03:27:34 pm

Lovely, as always. That is also a very impressive bird-in-flight handheld shot. I have to say that I aspire to that 600mm as well, must bulk up both wallet and arms. The 600mm weighs 8.7 pounds, considerably more than the 2.7 pounds lens I am using now (Canon 400mm f/5.6L, a real gem of a lens for beginning bird photography). The 400 f/5.6 is a great bird-in-flight training lens.