Red Bishop

Gallery: AvianPosted November 29, 2010133 views8 comments

This was taken in the Desert Dome at the Henery Doorly Zoo in Omaha, NE. There were several birds flying loose in the dome. I have been to Puerto Rico a couple of times and the Red Bishop is wild there, but I had no chances to see or photograph them.

Canon 30D
Sigma 70-300
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/250
Aperture f11
ISO 100
300mm
Flash

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on November 29, 2010 at 9:28 PM

Very nice image. The bit of OOF green in the lower right corner is abit distracting, but not much. Thanks for sharing this well done portrait.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 30, 2010 at 12:49 AM

Beautiful bird, and an excellent head turn, Richard. You did a great job keeping the zoo artifacts from showing. Sweet image.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on November 30, 2010 at 8:30 AM

Nice pose Richard, the head angle works very well for me. Lovely plumage details & sharpness.

One of these birds was reported here last week, an escapee I am sure, but it better move south fast it is only 10 degrees here this morning!

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on November 30, 2010 at 9:14 AM

Cool bird with a nice headdress. Well exposed and sharp.

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Comment posted by Ian Macdermott on November 30, 2010 at 10:38 AM

Hi Richard,

beautifully sharp and colourful bird

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Comment posted by May Haga on November 30, 2010 at 11:02 AM

Interesting looking bird. Very nice image.
May

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Comment posted by Dan Moore on November 30, 2010 at 3:35 PM

Very nice Richard. Cant fault a thing --light,subjent,BG,comp all super.

Dan

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on November 30, 2010 at 3:38 PM

Very nice bird and image, Richard.

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