I’m always trying to find solid green backgrounds for my wildlife subjects, but when in the rainforest, the skies are often overcast and the wildlife is often high in the canopy. A nice splash of color amidst that white sky is a common sight and I certainly embraced it on this trip with the toucans and macaws. We saw several species of macaw, but the blue and yellow was the most common — usually flying in pairs overhead, or perched on high. Nikon D500 with 500mm PF lens, ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/1250th of a second, Godox v860iii fill flash.
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I’m always trying to find solid green backgrounds for my wildlife subjects, but when in the rainforest, the skies are often overcast and the wildlife is often high in the canopy. A nice splash of color amidst that white sky is a common sight and I certainly embraced it on this trip with the toucans and macaws. We saw several species of macaw, but the blue and yellow was the most common — usually flying in pairs overhead, or perched on high. Nikon D500 with 500mm PF lens, ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/1250th of a second, Godox v860iii fill flash.
Amazonian Macaws are super stuck-up. Their habitat high up in the canopy is based entirely on their ability to look down on you.