Rosy-faced Lovebird

Gallery: AvianPosted December 18, 2012285 views10 comments

Here's a shot from our Namibia trip this summer. Large numbers of this species were attracted to a water and seed drip at one of the lodges in the Erongo Mountains. In it's natural state this species is restricted to SW Africa, although it has been introduced to other areas and is a common cage bird. The background is rock formations of the Erongo Mountains, this was taken soon after the sun had risen. It's about 80% of FF

7D 500F4 1/1250 F5.6, iso 500

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 18, 2012 at 8:55 PM

Sweet light !
Not the smallest nit from me - nice pose, great colours, perfect comp and branch.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on December 18, 2012 at 9:03 PM

Nice colors and composition.

At first I thought you'd been back to the Gilbert Water Ranch where these birds can often be seen in flocks of up to 20 birds. This is now a countable species in Arizona and therefore counts on an ABA list as well.

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on December 18, 2012 at 11:50 PM

Top notch image, Nate. Really like all the elements.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on December 18, 2012 at 11:51 PM

Wonderful composition with the perch, pose, light, background and colors of the bird, excellent shot Nate.

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Comment posted by James Allen on December 19, 2012 at 9:30 AM

Excellent balance of color, detail in the bird feathers, and composition Nate. Well done!

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on December 19, 2012 at 1:50 PM

Colorful bird, nice perch and the BG color works well with this picture. Nice.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on December 20, 2012 at 1:14 AM

Excellent portrait of this little beauty Nate

A very pleasing composition in sweet light. Nice details as usual.

Sweet Photo!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 20, 2012 at 7:07 AM

Sweet Nate. Super light and colors.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on December 22, 2012 at 11:48 PM

Great light, perch, comp, and bg. So pleasing to view! Sharon

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on December 22, 2012 at 11:50 PM

Thanks for your comments everyone!

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