Originally posted by Hamilton Cool bird. Would love to have one like that to practice shooting!
Good advice from others. Try some in natural light when you can!
thanks, yeah he was the very first thing I photographed when I got my kx!
Originally posted by Ash Got him well here/
Front flash does flatten texture, but I think it's turned out well here.
Lots of bright colour and sharp detail.
thanks! I think these came out sharp and they are his natural color too, with my point and shoot camera the pictures would come out looking neon green.
Originally posted by D4rknezz Ya uhh.....wont he fly? Maybe just get a vase of nice colourful flowers
lol his wings are clipped he cannot fly, he was abused before me and lived his entire life inside a cage. He was raised in a pet shop and lived his entire 4 years in that petshop never to be purchased or taken out of the cage. He did not even have a toy in his cage and his cage was filthy. The pet shop closed down and a local pet shop rescued him. I purchased him and have been in love ever since! Since he never came out of the cage before I got him so he never LEARNED to fly (fledged), even when his wings weren't clipped he would just fall to the ground like a brick but his wings are still clipped as a precaution. I do flap exercises with him to try and build his wing strength, he can now glide across the room but will usually crash into something instead of make a landing.
It's amazing how much birds will forgive. He was hand reared as a baby and remembers this, that is how I can handle and pet him today. He is a great bird and i'm so lucky to have him. I visited him at the pet shop almost every day for a month before I finally was surprised by my boyfriend who bought him as a gift for me. I am the only person this bird has ever let touch him.