Galah

Gallery: AvianPosted July 13, 2010178 views18 comments

Rob and I set up on an isolated stock watering trough on Kilcowera Station, south-western Queensland where mobs of Galahs and other birds were drinking. Galahs are a very common small cockatoo found in open country throughout Australia

Canon 7D, EF500 f/4, tripod, kwik-camo, ISO400, 1/1600, f/9, slight crop for composition.

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on July 13, 2010 at 7:18 AM

Beauty Simon - great sharpness and detail and I really like the intensity in the bird's concentration

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Joel DeYoung on July 13, 2010 at 9:25 AM

Really cool! I love these landing / flight shots.
Excellent job getting focus right on the eyes! You nailed the exposure with no blown out whites. The colors also look really good. Excellent job.

Registered on July 12, 2009, 92 Posts, 1074 Comments

Comment posted by Darren McKenna on July 13, 2010 at 10:02 AM

Cool landing pose, do wish for better eye contact. A very nice looking bird, well done Simon.

darrenmckenna.com

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on July 13, 2010 at 12:13 PM

Wonderful landing shot, good detail and I like those red eyes, way to go.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on July 13, 2010 at 2:13 PM

Beautiful image Simon. Colorful subject in a great pose with excellent detail.

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on July 13, 2010 at 4:48 PM

Sharp and beautiful!

Registered on June 26, 2009, 181 Posts, 1558 Comments

Comment posted by David Sparks on July 13, 2010 at 8:30 PM

Simon:
Terrific! Excellent positions of the wings and photographer (to avoid obscuring shadows). Much to like about this one.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on July 13, 2010 at 8:40 PM

The concentration on landing makes the shot for me Simon - that and the nice wing extension on the left. Better eye contact with you at this point in the landing process would probably have meant an aborted landing at best - I like the birds focus on the perch.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on July 13, 2010 at 8:57 PM

Really like the pose you caught the bird in. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Nick Saunders on July 13, 2010 at 9:30 PM

Very cool action there Si. Love the landing pose.

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on July 13, 2010 at 10:56 PM

Perfect timing! Great detail in the bird and I like the concentration!

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on July 13, 2010 at 11:41 PM

well-executed landing shot, Simon. I agree that the bird is looking where it should be--I like the concentration. nice pose, comp, details, and exposure as well.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on July 14, 2010 at 2:07 AM

Brilliant, Simon. Perfect timing and excellent exposure. The detail is amazing.

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Comment posted by Graham Brown on July 14, 2010 at 4:52 AM

I can't see how this could be any better. The bird is really concentrating on it's landing perch and the detail throughout the bird is terrific. Graham

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on July 14, 2010 at 9:48 AM

Great concentration & landing pose !
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 14, 2010 at 5:31 PM

That's some sweet action and color Simon, congrats

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on July 15, 2010 at 11:13 AM

Wow...What a terrific shot!

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on July 15, 2010 at 2:31 PM

Excellent action Simon and the colors look spot on as I recall these birds having in NSW. I esepcially like that we can see the eye but the bird is focused on what it is doing, which is landing. In a situation like this I don't mind not having direct contact at all. Wonderful comp, sharpness and detail, your shutter speed worked extremely well.

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