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Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos
posted Sunday, 18 February 2018, 21:52 (+0800), by Martin
asdf
Halls Gap, Victoria, Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 24-105mm f/4L IS @105mm, 1/200 sec, f/4, ISO500

In January, we stayed in Halls Gap, in the Grampians national park for a few nights. The back of the house we were staying in looked straight out over grassland and towards some of the mountains, with plenty of wildlife visible every day. In the evenings we would see kangaroos and numerous birds.
Most days there were a lot of sulphur-crested cockatoos, and they were very friendly. They would sit on our back fence, the kids were able to hand-feed them, and I was able to get very close for some photos.

asdf
Halls Gap, Victoria, Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 24-105mm f/4L IS @105mm, 1/250 sec, f/4, ISO500

asdf
Halls Gap, Victoria, Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 24-105mm f/4L IS @105mm, 1/250 sec, f/4, ISO500
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Comments:
Richard wrote at 2018-02-20 08:59

Very nice Martin! Short depth of field really works well, especially in the first two photos.

Interestingly how the entire crest is more visible in the final photo - do they only display this at certain times?

Martin wrote at 2018-02-20 09:05

@Richard: thanks.
They normally have the crest down, but put up the crest when they are showing off or trying to show their dominance. The full crest definitely is a different look - and that's why I wanted to capture some photos showing the full crest too.

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