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Female Red-winged Parrot


Female Red-winged Parrot
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Copyright: Richard Cridland (rcrick) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 631 W: 42 N: 1160] (3748)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-01
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 5D, Canon EF100-400 F4.5-5.6L IS USM, SanDisk Extr. IV 2Gb, Hoya 77mm Pro1 DMC UV LPF
Exposure: f/8, 1/200 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Girraween National Park [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-05-16 16:56
Viewed: 716
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Firstly apologies for not being around for a while, I can see I have a bit of catching up to do over the next couple of days. I had a had a little problem which resulted me being in hospital for a week, but a week of antibiotics, rest, and hospital food have done the trick, (actually hospital food isn’t quite how I remember it).

This is a female Red-winged Parrot taken on our trip up to the Girraween National Park, I managed to catch both species but messed up the exposure in my hast to catch the male, I have posted it in the w/s after tweaking it a bit in photo studio so you can see the difference between the to colours;

The Red-winged Parrot is a medium-sized, stout parrot and is the only mainly green parrot with large red shoulder patches. The male is bright lime green with a black back and deep blue rump. The tail is green with a yellow tip. The bill and eye are red and the legs are grey.

The female is similar, but with a smaller wing patch and dark green back and a paler rump. Red-winged Parrots are usually seen in pairs or flocks. Their flight is distinctive, with deep, full strokes and a light and airy quality, pausing on each stroke. This species is also known as Crimson-winged or Red-winged Lory, Red Wing or King Parrot.

They are found in open, dry woodlands, timber-lined watercourses and arid scrub and sometimes in mangroves. They spend most of the day in trees.
The movements of Red-winged Parrots are not well known. They are considered partly nomadic in response to local conditions, searching for food and water.
They will feed on seeds, nectar, pollen and blossoms, insects and larvae. They forage in the canopy on outer branches of flowering trees and shrubs. They occasionally come to the ground to drink or to eat fallen seeds.

Red-winged Parrots breed once each year. Eggs are laid in the hollow trunk of a tall tree, often near the ground. The nesting tree is usually close to water. The nest site may be a long way down from the entrance, which is high in the tree. Only the female incubates, leaving the nest to feed or to be fed by the male.

Red-winged Parrots are uncommon to locally common. Sometimes the young are taken for the pet trade.

Details, Shot Raw and converted to Jpeg cropped and reduced in size, sharpened slightly for posting.

Camera Model Canon EOS 5D
Shooting Date/Time 1/05/2008 9:01:22 AM
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/1250
Av( Aperture Value ) 8.0
Metering Mode Center-Weighted Average Metering
Exposure Compensation +1/3
ISO Speed 500
Lens EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Focal Length 400.0 mm
Image Size 800x812
Image Quality Superfine
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode AI Servo AF
Picture Style Neutral
Sharpness 5
Contrast 2
Saturation 2
Color tone 1
Color Space sRGB
Noise Reduction On
File Size 203 KB
Custom Function C.Fn:00-0
Drive Mode Continuous shooting
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  • crs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 283 W: 0 N: 418] (1713)
  • [2008-05-16 21:37]

Hi Richard,

Hope you are fully recovered and your helth is OK.

You did a very good photo. Color tones are wonderfull. Very good image quality with well used DOF rendering clear details on the whole depth of the image. Light is nice and the sparkling from birds eye bring more life in the image.

Thank you for sharing,
Cristian

Hi Richard
Sorry to hear that you hadn't been well but glad you are back on your feet again...and taking photos! This is a lovely parrot and you have captured the colours well with good focus on the eye especially.
Cheers
Sue

Hi Richard

It is the hospital food that takes care of the healing process. Your body knows what's good for it, so rather than being exposed to the hospital food the body heals quicker so you can go home and eat regular food again (chuckle). On a serious note though, it is good to hear that you are better and to see that you are posting again.

Thanks for sharing this lovely bird that consist of a red bill, green, greener, and very green feathers, and also some dark green feathers (chuckle2). It has lovely details, good saturation of colours, and spot-on exposure. This actually brings me to your request in the workshops you have posted concerning the extremely bright backlight which created the under exposed photo. Normally the best one can do is to get an overall reading (not spot) which include some backlight and some of the dark subject, but that still does not necessarily guarantee the result you desire. Post processing does present some solution and therefore I have done a workshop on your underexposed photo to show what can be done.

Anyway, well done.
Regards
Loot

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1252 W: 0 N: 4842] (14380)
  • [2008-05-16 22:46]

Hi Richard

Great shot - good framing plus great colour and excellent detail. Well observed and captured.


James

Hello Richard,
I hope you have completely regained your health. Happy to see you back.
This is a beautiful picture of the Redwinged parrot happily feeding on the berries.Excellent POV and action caught here.Amazing sharpness and details in the plumage. Well saturated colours.The male posted in the WS looks more colourful and attractive.
Thanks for sharing this lovely picture,
Regards and take care,
Smitha.

Hope you are keeping well now, Richard.
This is a beautiful picture of a Parrot. The colour of the bird merges well with the colours of the leaves and makes a fine compositionas a whole.
TFS and regards.
Ram

Hi Rick
Glad to see you back posting again with this colorful red winged parrot
Great capture in his natural environment with fine detail
Good sharpness and very nice glint in eye
tfs jon

Well, from a distance this looks like an abstract painting Richard, but on a second glance one sees the perfectly camouflaged parrot happily engaged in its element! Thank you for this colorful close up my friend.
Cheers,
Mehmet

Hi Rick,

What a beauty she is! Caught her in a very natural pose, very nice composition, focus and color. Your composition reminds me of something that Audubon might have painted if he'd seen this bird.

Thanks,
John

This is truly a work of art, especially with the composition. Not only is the photo excellent, but so are your notes. I do hope you're feeling more like yourself now. The texture here is awesome, pose is unusual (higher points for that), and I love the fact it is in a natural habitat. Nicely done!

A very well captured shot, my friend.
Thanks for the share!
Goldy

Hi Rick, just read your note, and looked at your shot of course. Sorry to hear you were down, but glad to see you're back on your feet. You need to take care of yourself, and don't worry about catching up, take your time and make sure you're feeling well. I can't remember what I ate when I was last in a hospital, but then they say you forget the painful things in life.

On to the shot. It's a new one for me, when I first looked at the thumbnail (quickly) I thought it was a male Eclectus. Anyway, thanks for the introduction. She's looking good, and you caught her eating. She's well positioned filling your crop corner to corner. Depth of field is good, with great focus on the bird and her environment and the colour and detail seen on her are excellent.

Thanks, and take care, John

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2008-05-20 21:13]

Hello Richard

I can see from this image why the amazing coloured plumage works as camo for this bird.
It really blends in well here with it's environment.
you have managed excellent POV and DOF.
The parrot is well focused with lovely plumage detail.
TFS
Rob

richard - another nice capture. I have never seen one of these - so many bird to photograph, so little time :) good composition - i like it's eyes. well done = as always :)

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