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Colorful Macaw

Colorful Macaw

One of a pair of beautiful macaws at the zoo. The background didn't work well, so I did my best to make the background black in editing to highlight the m...
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One of a pair of beautiful macaws at the zoo. The background didn't work well, so I did my best to make the background black in editing to highlight the macaw and his colors.

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camera

NIKON D810

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settings

Aperture 9/1 ISO 1800 Shutter 1/1250 Focal Length 3000/10

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upload_date

Mar, 2024

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48

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+8

Awards

Peer Award

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Incredible vivit colors. Beautiful.

Thank you, Joop. It seemed that blacking out the background was the best way to show off the macaw's colors.

outstanding colors

Thanks, Michel.

Platinum

Lovely capture!

Thank you, Ron.

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