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Posted by Ofer Levy on Sun Oct 02, 2005 5:25 am

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1D Mark II, Canon 300 2.8, 1/1000, f-8, Canon EX 550@ -2 1/3, monopod

This is a wild bird. They are very common in Sydney and I was hoping to get a decent flight shot showing all its colors for a long time.

I guess it is obvious why it got the name: Rainbow Lorikeet... :wink:

~65% of full frame
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by Ligia on Sun Oct 02, 2005 5:38 am
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Oh, my !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
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by KK Hui on Sun Oct 02, 2005 6:44 am
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Wow! The dazzling colors are gorgeous, Ofer! :roll: :lol: :roll:
Beautifully done too ...
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by E.J. Peiker on Sun Oct 02, 2005 6:44 am
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Wow this is cool!
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by Robert Sabin on Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:39 am
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:) Great flash work...
 

by Larry Kaufman on Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:57 am
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Cool Shot KK. Amazing color and talk about being a tough subject on in camera Automatic White balance. How did you handle it? Do you adjust in RAW?

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by dhkaiser on Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:06 am
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I think you painted it yourself. :twisted: Still very good.
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by Paul Klenck on Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:01 am
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Wow!!! A delight to see!!!!
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by cartgate on Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:21 am
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Ofer, I've seen many of your 'portraits' of this Lorikeet. This is great! :)
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by Royce Howland on Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:45 am
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Result! This is great -- crisp, clean and obviously showing off the rainbow coloring extremely well. Good eye contact and the wing blur add to the composition. Very nice!
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by Kenny_k on Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:46 am
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Pure eye-candy!!! Dazzle-ing colors and a lovely rich blue sky makes a perfect backdrop!!
Outstanding work, Ofer!! :shock:
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by Christina Evans on Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:25 am
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All I can say is -- wow, that is gorgeous.
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by Steve Cirone on Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:58 am
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Utterly spectacular, Ofer. The light, pose, camera angle, and stunning colors all make this one in its own league.
 
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by Gerald J Romanchuk on Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:35 am
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Fantastic!! Those colors are almost unreal.
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by Chris Fagyal on Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:39 am
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Beautiful shot. Gotta love Lori's. They are all amazingly colorful, and the Rainbow Lori is well over the top :)
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by Colin Inman on Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:45 am
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A flying rainbow indeed.

Great pose & comp.
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by Michael Dossett on Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:53 am
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Beautiful, Ofer! This is stunning, and I think the blue background compliments it very well! Congrats! :)
 

by Juan E. Bahamon on Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:59 am
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Ofer:

Sincere congratulations for this great accomplishment, this is the first Rainbow Loriket that I have seen captured in flight, the blurred background add so much for a very dynamic flavor. My only minor suggestion is since the bird naturally had such as saturated colors, maybe desaturating the sky a little will not compete with the bird beauty. Again this is only minor. This capture is a testament to your full commitment to bird photography and augurates may more successes, I just was thinking how about if you try to do a pan blur of one of these lorikets ( a la Franz Lanting in the book "jungles" ) I bet you sell that very well.
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by john on Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:02 pm
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Unbelievable colors! What a capture this is!
 

by Miguel Lasa on Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:50 pm
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superb Ofer :) :) :)
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