crimson fronted parakeet

[GatoMoteado]

this was shot here on the reserve where i live in tres rios, cartago, costa rica....he's a bird i rescued and i took this shot with my nikon D850 and 105mm micro nikkor f/2.8:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Interesting pose--was he injured?

I just love the detailed feathers with all their colors!

You do great work, my dear GatoMoteado!

[GatoMoteado]

3. thank you...

no, he was poached as a baby by a nest raider and sold to a woman who cleaned the office of my company. she needed money and sold the bird to me, and i asked her not to buy illegally captured wild birds anymore. his feathers were clipped but grew back fully after about 7 months at which point i figured he'd fly off with the flocks of crimson fronted parakeets that pass by here....but by then he was too comfortable and enamored with some of the hens in the chicken run, where he was living. so he stayed. he won't leave.

i under-exposed the shot by a couple stops to darken the background and then brought back the parakeet in post production (DxO, lightroom and photoshop) and further darkened the background to black. i uploaded a full res image so you should be able to enlarge it on a computer monitor and really see the detail.

[elleng]

2. Lucky bird, and lucky us for getting to see him!

[GatoMoteado]

4. thank you!

[Callalily]

5. Very nice photo.

[GatoMoteado]

6. thank you!

[SheltieLover]

7. Gorgeous!

I look forward to more of your stellar pix!

Pls be on lookout for monthly photo comtest! I'm not involved, just very much enjoy all of our talented members' work!

[GatoMoteado]

8. thank you!

[SheltieLover]

9. Yw!