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Australian King-Parrots


Australian King-Parrots
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Copyright: Richard Cridland (rcrick) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 710 W: 36 N: 1548] (4989)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-07-11
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon EF100-400 F4.5-5.6L IS USM, Scandisk Ultra II 8g, Hoya 77mm Pro1 DMC UV LPF
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/160 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-07-23 1:48
Viewed: 833
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I have posted pictures of the Australian King Parrot before so at the risk of repeating myself here are a couple of facts on this beautiful bird.

The male Australian King-Parrot is the only Australian parrot with a completely red head. Females are similar to males except that they have a completely green head and breast.

Both sexes have a red belly and a green back, with green wings and a long green tail. King parrots are normally encountered in pairs or family groups.
Having said that this is the first time I’ve managed to capture a pair together.

They are found along the east coast and ranges of Australia, ranging from Cooktown in Queensland through to Port Campbell in Victoria and are usually found in rainforests or in wet sclerophyll forests.

They lay their eggs on a bed of decayed wood-dust at the bottom of a deep hollow in the trunk of a tree. Often the entrance is high in the tree (10 m) but the eggs are near the ground (0.5 m).

Details; Shot Raw and converted to Jpeg, cropped slightly and re-sized, re-sharpened for posting.


File Name IMG_0029.CR2
Camera Model Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Shooting Date/Time 11/07/2009 12:33:12 PM
Shooting Mode Shutter-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/160
Av( Aperture Value ) 9.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation +2/3
ISO Speed 800
Lens EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Focal Length 400.0 mm
Image Size 800x586
Image Quality Jpeg
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Custom
AF Mode AI Servo AF
Picture Style User Defined 1(Neutral)
Sharpness 4
Contrast 1
Saturation 2
Color tone 0
Color Space sRGB
Long exposure noise reduction 2:Enable
High ISO speed noise reduction 1:Enable
Highlight tone priority 0:Disable
File Size 181 KB
Drive Mode High-speed continuous shooting

Link:- “http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/bird/99”
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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 643 W: 15 N: 1566] (6115)
  • [2009-07-23 3:06]

Hello Richard
Nice capture, lovely birds with vivid colors. Well done
Regards
Razvan

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2009-07-23 9:40]

Hi Rick,

How wonderful to capture this beautiful King Parrot couple in one frame! The colors of both are amazing and you show excellent details of their faces, eyes, beaks and feathers. The only way to see parrots in the wild - and what a strange sight it is at first. Here we only get to see them in cages.

Jane

hello Rick

beautiful photo of this couple of Australian King-Parrots,
fine frontal POV, fine focus on them with excellent sharpness
and details of their colurful and beautiful plumage,
beautiful catch-light on both birds, TFS

Asbed

Hello Richard
great shot of this couple of autralian King-parrots, they have superb colors
excellent pose and POV, very good composition with crisp clear details
Have a good night
Jacqueline

Hey Bro!
Well, repeat for us, please!
Such beautiful subjects should be repeated!
I simply love these colours!
Bravo!
Goldy

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2405 W: 63 N: 4226] (13820)
  • [2009-07-27 0:35]

Hi Rick,
Nice capture of this couple. They look very cute. TFS
All the best,
Selen

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3802 W: 190 N: 11310] (34871)
  • [2009-08-06 22:42]

Hello Rick,
Seem to have missed your latest but would like to say that this is a great illustration of the Australian King Parrot, both male and female being shown from a great POV with excellent sharpness and colours against the OOF vegetation BG.
Thanks for sharing this,
Cheers,
Ivan

Hi Richard

Nice shot of these parrots - I got back from Queensland on monday! The pose etc is really good here.

James

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