Bird of the Week: 29th April - Portraits

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Eclectus Parrot male even thou i didnt take this pic in the wild it was taken at Flying High Bird Habitat at Apple Tree Creek, near Childers.

i may never seen them in the wild but it was great to see them up close the colours of them are amazing.  

same Bush Thick-knee.

Juvenile White-throated Treecreeper.

Great shots everyone.

I will start with some full body portraits

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Baby Eastern Spinebill

Tiny Weenie Baby Mistletoe Bird bathing on a hot 40 degree day under the sprinklers in my backyard . Armadale Western Australia.

Pelican

Chris F

Red-Backed Fairy Wren Females

Some head shots

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Great Australian Egret

(yes Shorty, I have cleaned the sensor, the smudge is now gone)

Pacific Gull (immature second year)

That Robin on the nest is awesome M-L

Some shots from the "walk in aviary" Canberra.

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my friend "Janet"

Kookaburra before and after diving for worms . Guess where? The wet horse poo pile Wait until he comes home

A few thought about the word “Portrait”: the definition of a Portrait in Art, is a depiction of the subject’s face/head and shoulders. But it also has to give you some indication of their personality. The background of a portrait is irrelevant. (learned that at Art school) If you take the French word apart , the translation means: porter- carry , and trait- character. Exactly how I would perceive it.

(just thought I shared that, if anybody is interested?)

So my next photo would not fit into the category "Portrait", because there is no obvious head

mother wren feeding.

Not just a pretty head, the rest of the Spotted Pardalote isn't bad either

I love the cold stare of the Raven, reminds me of horror movies

one more from me, a Black-winged Stilt

I'm going to try, have a look at your private messages. Heeeelp is on it's way

                                                             Silver Gull (seagull) Thanks M-L Araminta

Well done, you can also use "medium 800" , it does fit on the forum.

Just tried ''medium 800'' with the williewagtail ..Thanks ever so much , i love it when things work. Look out i will be posting crazy now !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everybodys photos are so beautiful, I hope to get a day off soon to spend some time with my camera my birds and my photos instead of my work and my books.......sigh 

Some great photos to date. These are the only real portraits that I have.

1. Brown Thornbill in my backyard

2. Australian Spotted Crake at Mill Park Lakes.

3. Brown Goshawk in my BY.

4. Masked Lapwing at our local park.

Thanks for viewing.

 I finally got close enough to a bird for a head shot  infact he was the one who got closer, right on the other side of the fence. not the best since I was standing on a chair with a one year old tugging at the leg but it will do lol