Friendly Cockateil

[Kaye]

A shot of my daughter's pet Cockateil today. She came to pick it up after a week away. I took this shot just before she left.

The Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus), also known as the Quarrion and the Weiro, is the smallest cockatoo endemic to Australia. They are prized as a household pet and companion parrot throughout the world and are relatively easy to breed. As a caged bird, cockatiels are second in popularity only to the Budgerigar.

D90 - Lens 18-105mm - Manual, hand held
F/5.6, 1/160sec, iso400, ExpBias -0.7, 105mm

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[mingkywingky]

Nice portrait Kaye. Love the colours and the DoF. Did you take care of it for a week?

[delboy]

Nice Portrait Kaye of you daughters Cockateil. Great DOF and colours

Regards

Delboy.

[Kaye]

Nice portrait Kaye. Love the colours and the DoF. Did you take care of it for a week?

I appreciate your kind comment thank you Tenny.
My aim in this shot was a very shallow DOF. And birds/animals are easier than people, I think mainly because they do not know they are having their photo taken and are completely natural.
Yes, we took care of it for a week. It liked to hop around the house. We also have some budgies in an aviary in the backyard.


Nice Portrait Kaye of you daughters Cockateil. Great DOF and colours
Regards
Delboy.

Thanks for having a look Delboy and for your comment.
As I said to Tenny, I did aim for a shallow DOF, but it was fairly bright but I did not mind the light background.

[Kaye]

Here is a crop view of my above shot. I felt my initial shot was a little too bright, so used Curves and Levels, and cropped a little:

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[MelGarratt91]

Great photo Kaye, nice and sharp and the eye is showing some nice reflections of what I assume is you taking the picture!

The cropped photo does look better with regards to the brightness, I have to agree that the first was a bit bright particularly in the background. You've framed him nicely, but I think it's a slight shame you've cut off his amazing hair do. :P But that's just my personal opinion. :)

[mdonahoe1]

Great shot Kaye! Does this datling fellow have a name?

Marianne

[Kaye]

Great photo Kaye, nice and sharp and the eye is showing some nice reflections of what I assume is you taking the picture!

The cropped photo does look better with regards to the brightness, I have to agree that the first was a bit bright particularly in the background. You've framed him nicely, but I think it's a slight shame you've cut off his amazing hair do. :P But that's just my personal opinion. :)

Thanks very much Mel for viewing these and for your comment. The reflection on the right in the eye is a tall guy (my daughter's boyfriend)... the bird was perched on his finger. I think I may be the sort of black blur in the front of the eye reflection !
I must agree about the brightness, but the first shot was really more real. Wanting a nice wishy-washy DOF, I had to move around lots to avoid the super glary white reflections that happen late afternoon.
I did find it hard to crop him closer and not lose his hairdo :D


Great shot Kaye! Does this datling fellow have a name?
Marianne

Marianne, thank you very much. My daughter named him Kev, but whilst we were minding him, I did some google research, and believe Kev is a girl. I guess the bird will not mind :)

[TimmyGator]

Pretty shot and cool birds as well!

[Kaye]

Pretty shot and cool birds as well!

Thanks so much Tim for taking a look and your comment. Glad you enjoyed them.