A brown-hooded parrot hanging upside-down.

¡Pura Vida!

Boca Tapada

Who's ready to party? This brown-hooded parrot is certainly feeling the pura vida spirit. To be completely honest, I almost missed this shot. I was standing next to my tripod, not paying attention and mostly likely drinking a cold Imperial, when out of the corner of my eye I noticed one of the resident parrots hanging upside-down from a branch. I swung the camera and lens around, moved the focus area to the parrot's eye, and got off four frames before he pulled himself back upright not three seconds later.

This is a limited edition of 100 prints, and one of the first images I ever made in Costa Rica.

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