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Gallery: AvianPosted March 24, 2012250 views16 comments

We were warned as we entered the blind early in the morning that the macaws were not likely to show up in big numbers (wet season being the reason). Gladly about 77 of them showed up and cacophony ensued

Red and Green Macaws,
Madre de Dios, Peruvian Amazon

Nikon D5000,70-300 VR @ 210 mm, f7.1, 1/400s, iso 200.

Anand

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16 comments

Comment posted by Sally Wood on March 24, 2012 at 10:54 PM

I can hardly believe these birds are real,,,, the colors are so amazing.. what a great composition to show them off... I love the green border at the top too.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on March 25, 2012 at 1:47 AM

What a sight, Anand. It must be incredible to see. A wonderful photo, and thanks for showing this. Well done.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on March 25, 2012 at 4:05 AM

A beautiful bird-scape Anand. Nicely composed and great color. Very Nice Work!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 25, 2012 at 6:08 AM

That's not a lot LOL... Love the shot! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on March 25, 2012 at 7:25 AM

Great spacing of the birds throughout. Lucky you... the red and greens avoided the licks while I was at them down there.

Max

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on March 25, 2012 at 9:28 AM

Love the colors and all of the parrots, nice composition, Excellent image,

Ray

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on March 25, 2012 at 1:03 PM

A fine image and composition. Nice soft light; natural colors; good detail.

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on March 25, 2012 at 2:11 PM

We should all get warnings like that! It must have been difficult deciding how to compose this image as it was probably changing constantly. Great photo of an incredibly colorful bird. The neutral color of the rock face is a perfect BG to show the birds off. The tropical ocean like color of the birds doesn't seem real but I know it is as the greens in the foliage is accurate. Just amazing color. Nicely seen and captured.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on March 25, 2012 at 7:36 PM

What a cool image! I like the comp and colors and light are fabulous. Well seen...and LUCKY you! Sharon

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Comment posted by KC Choo on March 25, 2012 at 10:01 PM

This is great! Well done indeed!

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on March 25, 2012 at 10:42 PM

Remarkable.

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Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on March 25, 2012 at 11:23 PM

Thank you all for the overwhelming response ! It was an awesome sight and am glad i could convey a sense of being there (at least to a small extent) !

I was super lucky with birds on this trip. Oh.. and this wasn't the avian highlight of the trip

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on March 26, 2012 at 8:19 AM

Thanks for amazing shot. I like this better than the previous on.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 26, 2012 at 1:43 PM

Very interesting to see this many macaws and the detail on the larger version looks great, nice job in getting this shot, well done.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on March 26, 2012 at 1:48 PM

This is really great, Anand. What a treat to see all of these beautiful macaws.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on March 26, 2012 at 3:30 PM

Superb, Anand. I've been to clay outcroppings like this and had the birds completely fail to show up. Congratulations on a terrific photo and making the best of the opportunity.

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