criimson rosella in light rain

[avkomp]

raining again today so shot this from verandah of house.
few birds visited today to destroy my newly budding maples
this one flew almost too close so had to turn camera vertically to fit it in with some sort of composition
d5 600f4 tc 17 (1000mm) 1/640 f8 iso 3200 full frame

[David_MC]

Beautiful shot. Really like the colors.

[Isac]

Colours are so vivid on these birds Stephen. Lovely bokeh which makes it pop!

[avkomp]

I liked the background of this one, somewhat unusual but interesting none the less.
a tree top around 50m away, then hills maybe 600m away then the grey or white sky at the top. each with kinda crossing lines but far enough back to not be too big a distraction

and lots of these things around destroying the maple buds too......

[Isac]

Some of our parrots are quite destructive but they are still beautiful birds.

[HansE]

Looks like he didn't appreciate you disturbing his destructive processes,

[avkomp]

not sure these things are too concerned at that range. lots of things not like you moving closer etc but so long as you not moving too much, they go about their business. the corellas seem the most skitish around here, maybe cos they not around so often and not realise I come in peace yet