At the “Macaws Sinkhole” in Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul, this Red-and-Green Macaw was peacefully sitting on a branch when the Blue-and-Yellow Macaw came in and tried to push it off. The Red-and-Green fought back. It was a hard shot with all the branches but it went on long enough that I was able to get a couple of decent images. Here is one, Sony a9, Sony 100-400mm at 324mm, manual exposure f/7.1 at 1/2000th, ISO 3200.
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Charles, this exposure is tough and I think you have done a mighty job here. Yes, the beak of the red/green macaw is slightly hot, but I don’t see how you could do better. Great action here.
Very nice action shot, Charles. The symmetrical poses of the two macaws and sharpness makes this image for me. I also like that I am able to see the eyes of both these birds. I am curious to know if this is a cropped image.
Hello, Charles. I do love the colours and the action in the image, making it a powerful shot. Only, minor nit, would be the ratio you choose, for some reason I guess either a 1:1 or 2:3 would work better for me personally. Other than that, a fine image ! Cheers, Hans
