slice of bird

this is a picture of my love bird, Lucky. It was taken using the

reversed lens "technique". Please comment and rate.

I like the slightly out of focus soft feel of this picture.

Possibly the best picture of a bird in the history of the world. Really beautiful. Congratulations.

Using a soft portrait on a bird as we do on nice girls, interesting...

This parrot is very lucky.

I like the close up and the focus on the eye. In this case you say more about the bird by showing less. Good Work!

I like the very tight crop. I think I would like to have seen you hold in the tip of the beak. The texture of the bird is very nice.

Thanks for all the comments. you all are too kind. I feel like you have to explaine this shot though. As I mentioned it was taken using the reversed ;ens technique. That is I was holding the 50 f1.8 lens wrong end to the camera. Because of that I had no control over the crop and could only chose the point of focus. And then I had to get 3 inches close to Lucky (the bird) and if you know love birds you know that they don't like sitting still. But I guess it worked out well.

So beautiful. The intimacy, soft focus and colors are mesmerizing.

This is exquisite, you've given us a sense of the personality of this bird (I only wish I could get this close in to our camera-shy budgies. You mention holding the lens to the camera body...there is an accessory called a reversal ring; I got one for Nikkor 52mm. front elements for about $40 Cdn.

Sublime shot. Original technique too.