Speaking just recently of colour, birds, and great heights reminded my subconscious of something in my, ahem, photography collection: something in the same genre. You know, the colourful-birds-at-great-heights genre that’s so familiar from the visual arts and literature.
What?!? There isn’t such a genre? Well, there should be. I mean, look at this.
The best bird ever! Seriously.
Coming from seriously northern climes and seriously late to birding, my requirements for colour in birds aren’t high: I’m thrilled with very little. As a result, this rainbow lorakeet – just flying around, out in the open, in a park in Sydney, Australia – put me beyond thrilled, into the I-can’t-believe-what-I’m-seeing category.
And getting a picture of it way over my head, with my camera on max zoom, was a highlight of my trip. You know, thrilled with very little. Maybe that’s not a genre either. Maybe it should be.
I’ve not seen them in the wild (yet), but I did go crazy photographing them when I first saw them in zoos in Florida.
Nice capture Isabel
Jim R – Thanks! I was so excited just to see them – that flash of colour-on-the-wing is amazing. Then the sun was so bright I could hardly see the screen, so I wasn’t sure what I was getting. Those tress are tall!
New title?
Upside Down Under.
Gorgeous, any way you look at it!
Laurna – I like it! And yes, they are.