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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: Lance B on July 07, 2015, 04:11:46

Title: Red-rumped Parrot
Post by: Lance B on July 07, 2015, 04:11:46

Red-rumped Parrot  (Psephotus haematonotus), male. Also known as Grass Parrot. A medium sized parrot of about 28cm in length mainly a seed feeding parrot, similar to the Turquoise Parrot in colouring but has a red rump on the lower back just above the tail feathers. Hard to see the red-rump unless it is flying. This guy was feeding on Dandelion Seeds.

You can just make out the red between the end tips of the folded wings:

D810 + 400 f2.8 + 1.4x TCIII, 1/1250sec, f5.6, ISO6400 handheld.

(https://nikongear.net/revival/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbase.com%2Flance_b%2Fimage%2F160626268%2Foriginal.jpg&hash=5af580a8ba124c3de425b8a90356a260f57f95e4)

D810 + 400 f2.8, 1/400sec, f4, ISO1400 handheld

(https://nikongear.net/revival/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbase.com%2Flance_b%2Fimage%2F160626270%2Foriginal.jpg&hash=5d789fca8f64340529d33c5e78c53174c3cf9fba)

D810 + 400 f2.8, 1/400sec, f4, ISO1400 handheld

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Title: Re: Red-rumped Parrot
Post by: tommiejeep on July 07, 2015, 06:19:35

Nice Lance, love the colours of the bird.  Did you use that speed hoping to catch it departing?   With the D3S I often use even higher speeds for setting birds (meaning higher iso) because some birds to not give me a clue (Kingfishers) when they are going to launch.  The Rollers sort of hitch themselves up which gives me just enough time to change the speed quickly .  Great to have cameras that handle the iso so well  :)
Tom

Title: Re: Red-rumped Parrot
Post by: bendle on July 07, 2015, 07:03:23

Beautiful photos , great colours, well done.

Title: Re: Red-rumped Parrot
Post by: elsa hoffmann on July 07, 2015, 07:46:04

beautiful images or a beautiful bird.
Good angle.

Title: Re: Red-rumped Parrot
Post by: Lance B on July 07, 2015, 09:37:54

Quote from: tommiejeep on July 07, 2015, 06:19:35

Nice Lance, love the colours of the bird.  Did you use that speed hoping to catch it departing?   With the D3S I often use even higher speeds for setting birds (meaning higher iso) because some birds to not give me a clue (Kingfishers) when they are going to launch.  The Rollers sort of hitch themselves up which gives me just enough time to change the speed quickly .  Great to have cameras that handle the iso so well  :)
Tom

Thank you very much for your kind comments, Tom!  :)

I used the high shutter speed on the first because idiot me forgot to drop the shutter speed down from 1/focal length x 2.  >:( As I was using 560mm (400mm + 1.4x TCIII) it resulted in a shutter speed of 1/1250sec, which resulted in the high ISO as it was getting late in the day. I then removed the TC as I found I could get quite close to the bird, but I did keep the shutter speed at 1/focal length for the last two shots as the bird was walking about and chewing which meant I needed to keep it at the 1/focal length.

Title: Re: Red-rumped Parrot
Post by: Lance B on July 07, 2015, 09:38:30

Quote from: elsa hoffmann on July 07, 2015, 07:46:04

beautiful images or a beautiful bird.
Good angle.

Thank you very much for your lovely comments, Elsa!  :)

Title: Re: Red-rumped Parrot
Post by: Lance B on July 07, 2015, 09:39:08

Quote from: bendle on July 07, 2015, 07:03:23

Beautiful photos , great colours, well done.

Thank you very much for your wonderful comments, L.S. Bendle!  :)

Title: Re: Red-rumped Parrot
Post by: Andrew on July 07, 2015, 10:44:14

Very exotic for me.. and nice job!

Title: Re: Red-rumped Parrot
Post by: Lance B on July 07, 2015, 14:29:22

Quote from: Andrew on July 07, 2015, 10:44:14

Very exotic for me.. and nice job!

Thank you for your lovely comment, Andrew!  :)