Orange-winged Amazons

Gallery: AvianPosted January 22, 2014277 views18 comments

I have recently returned from spending about 7 weeks in Ecuador. One of the highlights was the many species of parrots we photographed around Sani Lodge and at the Napo clay licks. These Orange-winged Amazons flew over our canoe one morning at Sani.

Canon 7D 500F4 1/1250 F5.6, iso 400, manual exposure, handheld

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on January 22, 2014 at 11:58 PM

Fantastic Nate

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on January 23, 2014 at 1:58 AM

Great job shooting these wonderful birds from a canoe ! Hats of ! Hans

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Comment posted by Ákos Lumnitzer on January 23, 2014 at 2:16 AM

Works well as a vertical Nate. Would love to see a catchlight in the lower bird's eye.

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Comment posted by Randy Runtsch on January 23, 2014 at 7:24 AM

Hi Nate - Nice capture. To me, the image might benefit from a bit of the sky on top cropped away. Over all, a nice image of beautiful birds.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 23, 2014 at 7:37 AM

Wow, so cool

You really nailed this Nate

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on January 23, 2014 at 7:59 AM

sweet, Nate. nice light and comp.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on January 23, 2014 at 11:02 AM

Wonderful shot for hand holding a 500 lens in a canoe, way to go Nate.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 23, 2014 at 11:24 AM

Impressive given the lens and canoe. Good work getting both in focus and coordinated formation.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 23, 2014 at 1:46 PM

Sweet colours and poses, along with a great BG.
Nice!

Sandy

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on January 23, 2014 at 3:25 PM

Nice colors, great detail, and neat formation shot. Hand held from a canoe-very impressive Nate!

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on January 23, 2014 at 7:49 PM

Nice job stacking these birds atop each other with nice looks at the wings and eyes. The lighting underneath the birds is beautiful and composition overall is nice.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on January 23, 2014 at 8:57 PM

Excellent nate, really like the two bird one on top of the other. Beautiful colors and detail.

Ray

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 23, 2014 at 9:36 PM

Nice flight image, Nate. I like the similar wing positions, and the image quality is great. Just enough cloud in the sky to provide some variety to the bg.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on January 24, 2014 at 1:24 AM

Well done getting both birds in focus and with similar poses.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on January 24, 2014 at 7:58 AM

The lighting on this double flight shot is beautiful. Both birds are nicely in focus. I was at first thinking there is no catchlight in the lower bird's eye because it is shadowed by the other bird, but there is no shadow, just the tilt of the bird's head. So...I think adding a catchlight to the lower bird's eye would make this image perfect. Sharon

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on January 24, 2014 at 2:35 PM

Superb...

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Comment posted by David Bogener on January 25, 2014 at 7:35 PM

Wow, 7 weeks in Ecuador! Very nice hand held flight image. Good job getting both in focus. Dave

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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on January 27, 2014 at 4:07 PM

Very nice

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