Ah my little Chickadee, when I look into your eyes...........

[PhilCook]

Pair of common Galahs spotted high in a tree next to their nesting hollow { not shown}....common but not always possible to get both male/female together like this, kinda liked the intimate posture.

Canon 7D + 500 f4 + 1.4 x TC.....700mm, f5.6, 1/1000, ISO 800, hand held, no flash.......fairly large crop, selective sharpen and noise reduction to backdrop

[Jim Neiger]

Cool image, Phil! When I was in Australia, I photographed a pair of Galahs copulating. When most birds copulate, it only takes a few seconds. When the Galahs I saw did it, it went on for almost 10 minutes.

[Nancy Bell]

Great capture of a sweet pose. When I saw my first galahs in Australia my jaw nearly dropped with that deep pink color. You could possibly lower the intensity of those white bits showing through in the bkgd as they are somewhat distracting from the main attraction.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Lovely image Phil, the posture, the behaviour & comp is very cool.

[PhilCook]

Cool image, Phil! When I was in Australia, I photographed a pair of Galahs copulating. When most birds copulate, it only takes a few seconds. When the Galahs I saw did it, it went on for almost 10 minutes.


hahahaha......what can I say ? hahaha...thanks Jim

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Phil, Ive always enjoyed the colours on this species, and you have captured the tender moment nicely. I feel your central placements works well.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Ahh, sweet interaction. Nice colours, and the BG works very well. I wouldn't mind the pair more to the right and slightly higher in the frame, but OK as is. Interesting difference in eye colour!

[PhilCook]

Hi Phil, Ive always enjoyed the colours on this species, and you have captured the tender moment nicely. I feel your central placements works well.


Thanks Stuart, I was concerned about the central placement but I thought this was the better choice

[Sachin Saraf]

Hi Phil, This is such a lovely image showing the interaction between two birds and nice title...Love the colors and moment you captured here...TFS

[David Salem]

Great interaction shot of this loving couple. Exposure, colors and details are all very nice. I like the natural BG too. Well done!