Blue and Gold Macaw Perched

Image # 1D2_05654

Amazon River

Canon 100-400L/f4.5-5.6 IS and 1.4x II Teleconverter at 560 mm

ISO 400, f/8, 1/500 second

Manual Exposure

Handheld (possibly with Monopod)

Between the backlighting and the cropping required by the distance, this shot took a lot of work in Photoshop to keep it presentable!