Yesterday 4 bright scarlet macaws surprised me as I was watching television. I spotted the bright orange birds out of the corner of my eye and just about hit the roof as I jumped out of my seat on the couch to get my camera. I photographed the birds for about an hour with my zoom camera lens, but the fact that the light was low and my camera isn’t working properly meant that most of the photos I got are fairly low quality. The very last photo I took, I tried to capture the scene and the bird, although the macaw is tiny in this shot but, thanks to its bright colour, it is still very easy to spot. I’ve included two other images I caught as well.
Spot the Macaw
Scarlet Macaw in flight
Scarlet Macaw
I totally see it in the first pic. It’s like somewhere just behind the first mountain in the upper right… right?
@Andrew – HAHAHAHA… yes!
Some nice shots with a broken camera. What exactly is wrong with it now? I had issues with my lens and body on my most recent journey across Asia.
@Samuel – Some electrical communication between the lens and body is not working. They said it’s a 1000$ fix. Basically the camera only lets me shoot in the auto modes so I can’t choose the ISO, change the aperture, shutter speed, etc. I have to be creative. Use the landscape mode for higher fstops and no flash for smaller. It will officially become a video camera starting next week.
Looks like you got a couple of sweet shots in flight. Very cool to see a couple of these out your window. I only see European starlings out my window. Very ugly birds.
haha, found him! It was kind of like Where’s Waldo
Hahaha… I’m glad it was fun!