Mulga Parrot Preparing to Land

Mulga Parrot Preparing to Land

A heavily cropped image of a Mulga Parrot coming in to land on a leaking tap. This is quite an opportune spot to photograph some of the local birds as the just fly in one after another. Here 3 Mulga Parrots moved in at once but this bird was caught in a really nice pose while the others had already landed.

I originally thought that I was photographing the more common Ring Necked Parrot but was stoked to realise that they were Mulga Parrots when I finished the burst of shooting.

Leaking Tap, Central Deserts of Australia
Northern Territory
Australia

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Camera Info

Canon 5D MKII
Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM + 2.0 teleconverter at 400mm
1/800 sec at f/11
ISO 640
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Exposure Program – Aperture Priority
Metering Mode – Spot
Dimensions – 5616×3744
Crop – 1209×1813

Post Processing
- Exposure Adjustments in Lightroom 2.2

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