Red tail black Cockatoo

[marc russo]

Me and my girlfreind have had a love for these birds for some time.
I had an idea to get a nice image of a male and female Red tail framed in jarrah and try locate a male and female red feather to place in the frame each side of the image.
So on the weekend i rang around 20 wildlife parks, bird pet shops etc. After all my trying i managed to score a male & female feather. First hard part done.

Endangered Red tail black Cockatoo male & Female feathers by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

Now for the hardest part. Find red tails and get good images . Out of all these images i got one of a male above a young female showing off.


The Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr
Im not 100% happy with these images, lighting was harsh, need a cloudy day (im to fussy). Also a 100-400L would of been good. Still pretty happy and was great to watch them happy in the wild.




The Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

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The Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr


The Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr



The Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr



The Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

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The Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr


These two mudlarks didnt like it when the red tail black flew into there tree lol by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr



Young female Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

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Young female Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

[Alan]

Nice idea Marc. Good luck and have fun trying

[jenne]

They are pretty special feathers aren't they. I'm pretty impressed with your set of photos too, I've never been close enough to see a red tail in action, nor yellow for that matter, I don't think they have red tails down here anyway. The one you have just about to alight on the limb is beautiful.

[marc russo]

Nice idea Marc. Good luck and have fun trying

Thanks, going to be fustrating but rewarding once i manage it

[marc russo]

They are pretty special feathers aren't they. I'm pretty impressed with your set of photos too, I've never been close enough to see a red tail in action, nor yellow for that matter, I don't think they have red tails down here anyway. The one you have just about to alight on the limb is beautiful.

Thanks Yeah we get the red and white tails all around my area. Just tricky to find a tree where they stay. Such a shame they are endangerd

[avkomp]

good that you have found some to photograph.

early morning and late arvo are going to be best for the flight shots. you want the light getting under the wings. overcast is good for perched birds but you want good light to get flight shots with fast shutterspeeds to freeze the motion

[marc russo]

Thanks!
Only prob is with a 50d i dont like doing over 500 iso. Time to step up to 5d mIII

[P Plates]

Beautiful birds and some really nice shots of them. I really like the shot of the two feathers and sounds like a great project.

[marc russo]

Thanks.
Yeah i like these images but dont feel that any of thee will make the framed image. I will head back again this weekend and borrow the 100-400 and get better