Cherry Headed Conures (motif, Parrots) My first post

Posted by glenn nevill on Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:23 am

All times are UTC-05:00

0 people like this post

First unread post

| 10 posts |

Page 1 of 1

This is my first post to NatureScapes.net. I had been waiting for the right motif to come up so I could participate.

These Cherry Headed Conures live in San Francisco and are part of the flock made famous by the book and documentary film "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill". I have been following these birds in the city for years now and found these amongst a flock of 50 or so one evening in July of this year. They were perched out back of a complex called the Embarcadero Center where it happened the movie was playing. I love the way they seem to be commenting on me, but doubt they were paying attention to me or anyone else. Photographed on a metal trellis, I could have cropped it out, but I liked the way it anchors the photo.

Canon 20D, 400 5.6, 1.4xII, 1/800, f/8, ISO 3200 (Noise Ninja used)
580 flash E-TTL, hand held, no crop
July 19,2005 6:15pm

Looking forward to your comments and suggestions.

Last edited by glenn nevill on Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:57 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Posted by:
glenn nevill
Forum Contributor

Location: San Francisco, CA
Posts: 107
Joined: 8 Jun 2005

Visit website

by Christopher Dodds on Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:29 am

Christopher Dodds
Lifetime Member

Posts: 9554
Joined: 20 Jul 2004
Location: Huntingdon (QC) Canada
Member #:00362

View portfolio
Visit website

A fine first post and welcome to NatureScapes, Glenn. I remember reading about that documentary film and it was pretty interesting. You captured some good interaction here. I only wish for a more natural perch here. Still a nice shot.

[url=http://naturephotographyblog.squarespace.com/workshops/]WORKSHOPS[/url] [url=http://www.naturephotographyblog.com/]BLOG[/url] [url=http://www.facebook.com/chrisdoddsphoto]FACEBOOK[/url]

0 people like this post

by mrhughj on Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:09 pm

mrhughj
Forum Contributor

Posts: 8733
Joined: 12 Jul 2004
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL

Welcome and congrats on this neat first post, Glenn!

HUgh

0 people like this post

by Lillian Roberts on Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:47 pm

Lillian Roberts
Forum Contributor

Posts: 725
Joined: 26 Aug 2003
Location: Palm Springs, CA

Neat image, Glenn! FWIW think you could have sacrificed some speed in favor of more DOF and gotten a sharper image overall. Not sure you really needed such a high ISO either? Though without a tripod I can see why you would do that. Nice first post!

Lillian Roberts
NSN Member #130

0 people like this post

by Alan Murphy on Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:57 pm

Alan Murphy
Lifetime Member

Posts: 27330
Joined: 20 Aug 2003
Location: Houston, Texas
Member #:00014

View portfolio
Visit website

Welcome to NSN Glenn. A nice image for the Motif. I would hav4 gone with a slower shutter to lower the high ISO. Wish to see the whole bird.

Alan Murphy
NSN 0014
www.alanmurphyphotography.com

0 people like this post

by glenn nevill on Wed Sep 07, 2005 4:23 pm

glenn nevill
Forum Contributor

Posts: 107
Joined: 8 Jun 2005
Location: San Francisco, CA

Visit website

I just got the Canon a couple of months ago and was enjoying being able to play with the ISO setting. The whole rig is new to me and I am still getting the hang of it all. Since shooting this shot though, I have cut back on the ISO and gone to using a tripod wherever possible, but when hand holding, I have not been very successful at shutter speeds of 1/500 sec or slower, especially when using the 1.4x teleconverter.

I have a couple of white tailed kite shots I will be putting up soon, that I shot on tripod.

0 people like this post

by Kim Steininger on Wed Sep 07, 2005 5:53 pm

Kim Steininger
Lifetime Member

Posts: 5969
Joined: 22 Jun 2004
Location: Chadds Ford, PA
Member #:00322

View portfolio
Visit website

Great interaction you captured! Welcome to NSN Glenn!

Kim Steininger

0 people like this post

by Wayne Nicholas on Wed Sep 07, 2005 8:25 pm

Wayne Nicholas
Forum Contributor

Posts: 5751
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: Houston, TX USA
Member #:00046

View portfolio
Visit website

Welcome to NSN, Glenn. Nice behavior captured. Your choice to use a tripod when possible is a good one. As for the rig, good combination. The 20D is a great body and the 400 f/5.6 is an awesome lens.

[b]Wayne Nicholas[/b]
[b]Nanpa Member[/b]
[url=http://www.naturescapes.net/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=25][b]Texas Regional Moderator[/b][/url]
[color=blue][url=http://www.NicholasNaturePhoto.com][b]NicholasNaturePhoto[/b][/color][/url]
[color=blue][url=http://waynenicholas.naturescapes.net][b]Naturescapes Portfolio[/b][/color][/url]
[b]NSN 0046[/b]

0 people like this post

by Ofer Levy on Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:09 am

Ofer Levy
Forum Contributor

Posts: 17569
Joined: 14 Dec 2004

Visit website

Hi Glenn, welcome to NSN ! :) :)
This is very very nice! excellent composition and good job getting two birds reasonably sharp!
Please don't wait for the motifs - just post!!

Ofer Levy
Sydney, Australia
http://www.oferlevyphotography.com

0 people like this post

by glenn nevill on Thu Sep 08, 2005 1:25 pm

glenn nevill
Forum Contributor

Posts: 107
Joined: 8 Jun 2005
Location: San Francisco, CA

Visit website

I am going out this evening with tripod to try getting something good of the parrots, if I don't achieve that, I have one older shot of them ready to post for tomorrow.

0 people like this post