http://www.digitalcameraworld.com OCTOBER 2019 DIGITAL CAMERA^65
Hotshots
Colourful Chaos
Liron Gertsman, Canada Birds in Flight Bronze
“Scattered throughout the Amazon basin are clay licks where parrots, parakeets and
macaws come to eat clay and neutralise the acidic fruits that they eat. Getting to the
clay lick in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, required a regional flight and a three-hour
boat ride upstream to get to base camp. It took many hours of waiting over three
days before we were treated to the sight of hundreds of cobalt-winged parakeets
raining down on the forest floor. Seeing them and hearing the deafening roar of
parakeet chatter was an experience I don’t think I’ll ever forget. I used a slow
shutter speed to convey movement as the birds took to the air.”i
Camera Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
Exposure 1/50 sec at f/13, ISO 100