Galah II

Gallery: AvianPosted July 15, 2010116 views10 comments

Here's the last Galah just after she alighted. Female and male Galahs have similar plumage, but the female's eye is rich red-brown and the male's is all-black.

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

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Peter Conway on July 15, 2010 at 8:55 AM

Hi Simon, This is one where its important to open the larger photo and see all the beautiful detail in the Galah. The smaller file does not do it justice especially in the head area.

Interesting and beautiful bird well captured to show underwing plumage.

Peter

Registered on June 25, 2007, 347 Posts, 3913 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on July 15, 2010 at 9:52 AM

Great wingspread and colours!
If this was mine, I may crop off some canvas fron left and bottom, to make it rectangular.
Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 15, 2010 at 9:57 AM

Great pose and composition, Simon.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 15, 2010 at 11:21 AM

Simon, beautiful capture with very fine detail.
I'd also choose a square crop.
Sandy r

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 15, 2010 at 4:42 PM

Gorgeous bird well captured with a beautiful wingspread!

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on July 15, 2010 at 5:11 PM

Simon,

I like this even better than your previous post and I felt it was excellent. This is much better than nice, it is gorgeous.

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on July 15, 2010 at 9:10 PM

Love the pose. Very well done.
May

Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Lotito on July 16, 2010 at 4:49 AM

Very nice bird and shot!

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

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on July 16, 2010 at 4:59 AM

Better than the other one IMO - I think its the eye contact - great shot. I like the comp as is.

Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by David Sparks on July 16, 2010 at 11:16 AM

Simon:
What a nice pose - providing a great view of the arrangement of the grey wing feathers as well as the underwing reds that would be hidden in other poses.

Registered on May 26, 2007, 290 Posts, 4270 Comments