Bird with style (Gang gang cockatoo) 2 shots

[Willy wombat]

I have drempt before of taking these sorts of shots. This morning when i woke up i was presented with this opportunity. Almost filled my new 2gb card.

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[Alpha_7]

Lovely stuff WW. For maybe 5 years my mum had a poster of Gang Gang's on the back of the dunny door. It was forever an amusement while... deep in thought. This shots are just as good as the one I spent so much time observing. Great work!

[avkomp]

this is only the second time I have seen gang gangs posted here.
I was lucky enough to see a pair a few weeks ago

see this thread:
http://www.dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php?t=12053&highlight=gang+gang

I didnt get may decent shots of the female and didnt bother posting any. she was deep in the bushes.

you have a female low down on the left in your first shot.
no where near as colourful as the male.

Fairly rare around sydney, although the tell me there are quite a few down the coast and around canberra.

Still good to see em though. Steve

[avkomp]

was the male you saw this red?? or have you boosted the saturation.
If not there would appear to be a big difference in colour on the ones I saw out at north western sydney.

Definitely not your average cockatoo!

Steve

[Slider]

Great shots WW. The 2nd one is a beauty They are certainly a beautiful bird.

[Mal]

Love the second image Willy Wombat. Very nice to see them in the wild rather than caged. A quick question, it looked like a very nice sunny day, why do you use 400 ISO?

[Sheila Smart]

Beautiful shots of beautiful birds. Never see them up here in Avalon. Guess too many @#$%^& sulphur cresteds!

Cheers
Sheila

[Finch]

Willy Wombat,

As someone very, very passionate about birds it is great to see pics of one of my favourite birds. I used to look after a pair of Gang Gangs when I was a birdkeeper at Sydney's Taronga Zoo many years ago and they can be seen and heard at my parent's place in the Blue Mountains.

Birds are my favourite photographic subjects as well and I'm still trying to get a decent shot of a fully-coloured male (I'm envious). Where were these shots taken? Was it a wildlife Park/Zoo or in the wild?

Definitely the second shot for me - very nice work indeed

Cheers

Michael

[Willy wombat]

this is only the second time I have seen gang gangs posted here.
I was lucky enough to see a pair a few weeks ago

see this thread:
http://www.dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php?t=12053&highlight=gang+gang

Yup - Thanks for that link - I responded to your post (at the time) telling you how envious i was! I was so happy to find these guys with my camera. They have a very distinctive call.

[Willy wombat]

was the male you saw this red?? or have you boosted the saturation.

Just a little bit (about 6 points in red chanel). It was very red

[Willy wombat]

A quick question, it looked like a very nice sunny day, why do you use 400 ISO?

I was using the 70-300 G lens and have found that it produces a sharper image when shot at or over 1/400 shutter speed and f11.

I was shooting in shutter priority so I boosted the ISO to 400 to ensure i could keep up the F stop and I also got a decent DOF as a result.

[Willy wombat]

As someone very, very passionate about birds it is great to see pics of one of my favourite birds. I used to look after a pair of Gang Gangs when I was a birdkeeper at Sydney's Taronga Zoo many years ago and they can be seen and heard at my parent's place in the Blue Mountains.

Birds are my favourite photographic subjects as well and I'm still trying to get a decent shot of a fully-coloured male (I'm envious). Where were these shots taken? Was it a wildlife Park/Zoo or in the wild?

Definitely the second shot for me - very nice work indeed
Cheers
Michael

Finch - Im very glad that someone else shares my love for the gang gang. Lucky you getting to look after them at the zoo. These shots were most definately in the wild (quite near my house actually). They are magical birds. Im very happy to hear you liked the shots.

Beautiful shots of beautiful birds. Never see them up here in Avalon. Guess too many @#$%^& sulphur cresteds!

Cheers
Sheila

Thanks Sheila and to all the other people who responded - they are indeed beautiful.

[Nicole]

Great shots Willy Wombat. I would love a shot of these. I was hoping to see some down at Wilson Prom but no luck. Such pretty birds.

[LostDingo]

I love Gang Gangs I have only seen them in the Blue Mountains and then only in one location. Evidently from what I have been told only the juveniles make the distintive noise/racket

[marcotrov]

Both cracking captures willy. Terrific, colour composition and sharpness.
cheers
marco