Blue and gold macaw in flight

We've all seen beautiful macaws in bird parks and zoos. It's easy to take pictures of them perched on a branch or even standing on a child's shoulder or head, typical of many family tourist attractions. I've photographed a number of macaw species in the wild, but this was the first time I'd seen blue and gold macaws in the wild. My Pantanal photo tour was driving back to Cuiaba, Brazil, for our return flights home when my local guide, Raul, spotted a pair of blue and golds in their nest right along a main highway. We stopped and approached the nest, and as these birds weren't used to close proximity to people walking below their nest, they took flight. I was able to grab a few shots, but I would have liked to spend a couple of hours there. Flight schedules are rigid, of course, so we had to leave. My settings for this image were 1/3200, f/5.6, and 1000 ISO. The original sky was white. This occurs because I was exposing for the ventral side of the birds, which was in shadow. Therefore, I replaced the sky with clouds that typically provide this kind of diffused light.