Plum Headed Parakeet - Female

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Shot this Plum Headed Parakeet (female) at Kabini over the weekend. Normally I sight parakeets flying or high up on trees, but this was unusual the female was on the ground for quite sometime and feeding junk grass.

Camera Model Canon EOS 40D
Shooting Date/Time 11/1/2009 8:09:34 AM
Shooting Mode Sports
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/400
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Focal Length 400.0 mm

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice. It seems it is eating parthenium. The focus appears to be slightly ahead of the parakeet on the leaf. However, the f5.6 aperture ensures that the parakeet is nearly covered by the depth of field. The head is twisted away from you, else eye contact would have been great.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice image. Quite difficult to spot it in the green. Photographing parakeets is quite difficult. Its good that you got most of the bird in clear. Agree with the above comment.

Thanks for sharing.