cazalea
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Wild Kingdom, Again
Hello guys (and ladies)
It's been awhile since I've been out in the garden, and my camera was crying for use... so I stepped out and caught a couple nice flowers on top of the neighbor's fence (my airspace).
It's not very difficult to take this kind of photo, though I must admit I am easy to please.
But then I heard a racket coming from our big rubber trees, and I pivoted to find the source. Can you see him? Or I should say THEM because there were at least a dozen wild parrots having 5 o'clock snack on the fruit in my tree. They are incredibly well camoflaged.
Once you do spot them, getting a focus is the next challenge. Notice his beak -- those black "lips" indicate more than a polite mouthful of food.
I left it pretty much to Sony's software and chance to get these sharp images - I'm shooting one frame at a time, the tree is swaying and the birds are hopping around.
Here we go - the "my mouth is full" shot
And here the "this is my best side" pose.
I hope you enjoyed this brief adventure.
After 5 minutes of curiousity on both sides of the camera, they all flew away, so I went back to the boring old flowers.
Cazalea
Wild Kingdom, Again
Hello guys (and ladies) It's been awhile since I've been out in the garden, and my camera was crying for use... so I stepped out and caught a couple nice flowers on top of the neighbor's fence (my airspace). It's not very difficult to take this kind of ph...
Lovely birds.
The flowers ain't bad either . Thanks for the visual splendor, cheers, Filip
Beautiful shots!
The two trumpets in the first shot look awesome, what a wonderful composition. The birds came out great, what was the distance and lens? Thanks, Wojo
The parrots were about 50 feet away
The camera indicates I was zoomed to about 200-220mm (600 mm on 35mm). Speed 1/250
The camouflage is incredible...
With that first shot the background is great... almost studio-ish. Good that you are back to the garden... Casey
They do come regularly, but not frequently
Let's say 10-15 times a year, perhaps. We get lots of irregular visitors: Here are some parrots without red heads, from a few years ago Tanager Red-headed woodpecker Kingfisher(?) up at the top of the hill, not in my yard Horned owl, in the rubber tree Ha...
Yes, we don't go out with a sausage or hot dog in hand
It might be snatched away by one of these hungry raptors! MIke
The Parrots of Ocean Beach
Here's a link to a 3-minute video about the flock of 100-300 parrots; PARROTS OF OCEAN BEACH And an interesting web site that focuses on parrots in California like we focus on watches (hard to believe, I know!) CALIFORNIA PARROTS Mike
Love it
I really love and like your photo mini series you post regularly It’s inspiring not only from photography point of view but the fact that you take the time to shoot these pics and post them also makes me feel an eye witness which is a privilege Thanks
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