melody_harris

I am only just starting out in photography. I new that I should lighten the picture but wasn't sure how much would be too much. I do appreciate the input. I could haven gotten some pictures of just the falcon but I didn't want it stressed out any more than it was so the only time I could really get a picture was when the vet was looking at it. He has some head trama and needs to be kept quiet. Doing well so far. 

very nice!

Very well done. Seamless and wonderful color!

I've never taken a bird photo inside before. I work for a vet and this little

guy was brought in injured. I didn't have much time to set up my camera

since we didn't want to stress it so I just put it on auto. Any touch up

ideas? Already sharpened a bit.

I love the reflection. Wonderful photo. 

beautiful! The long exposure is perfect. I feel like I am seeing a story and the colours are wonderful! 

I love this. It's very different and vibrent. Everything just flows!

breathtaking view! I Love the color. 

thanks! I think I got really lucky with this one. The local pelicans usually bolt as soon as they see people. I saw this one on the edge of the lake and I made my boyfriend stop the car. I jumped out and snapped a few before he started to swim away then he just flew off to the other side of the lake. I was really lucky that it flew over the only "still" water on the lake. Sorry I'm new to photography so I am still pretty excited about this photo. Thanks for all the comments.

thank you both for the information. I have had some of my friends say that I should crop my bird pictures tighter as well. I guess I like having a bit more background in my pics but I do see what you mean about a closer crop. Gives much more detail. I'll give it a try next time. 

opps I meant to say "yes that is a corella- a long billed corella" I'm new to the site and didn't realize my picture would be posted above and it looked like I was saying my photo was of long billed corellas. Sorry.  

This is a long billed corella :) some of your other pictures that you have labeled "cockatoo" are actually little corellas. Great shot. I just spent an afternoon in a park taking pics of some local little corellas. Lovely birds but as you mentioned they don't like you to get to close. 

stunning! Great detail. 

I love this, the detail is amazing and it's so sharp. Interesting perspective as well. 

wonderful colors! I love the detail as well. Beautiful shot! 

thank you for the information. I didn't even know what the rule of thirds was! I am reading about it on this forum now.  I really am new at photography. I just take pictures of things I find interesting. I will be taking a class in May though. Hopefully that will give me a lot of information. 

This is beautiful! I am learning how to capture birds in flight at the moment. I hope that one day I can get an amazing shot like this! 

Nice contrast. Beautiful photo.