Title: Not Quite Hidden Macaw
Location: Rio Madre De Dios, Peru
Settings
| ISO | 400 |
| Focal Length | 300mm |
| Shutter Speed | 1/320 |
| Aperture | f/6.3 |
| Exp Comp | -1/3 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 5D |
| Lens | Canon 28-300mm L |
This image first caught my attention because of what was not in it. I had been taking pictures of a pair of macaws for a while, with their bright feathers flapping around the Peruvian jungle at Inkaterra Lodge. Now I’m at home reviewing the pictures and it’s what’s missing in this photo that I like.
This image was only color adjusted a bit. I did not hide the bird any more than the lighting originally did. Here’s a list of what I did in Adobe Lightroom.
Highlight Recovery +36
Blacks +8 for mood
Brightness +20
Vibrance +52 to bring the tail to life, but still wasn’t happy with it so…
Adjustment Brush on just the tail set at Exp +.3, Brightness +25, Saturation +15, Contrast +5
Lens Correction Amount +40
Blue Saturation -90 because the sky color was really annoying and not true
Green Saturation +48 for color in leaves
Green Luminance +76 for leaves again.
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Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey
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I like the vibrant colors of the beak.