Kea profile.

[Ian McHenry]

Walk through aviary @ Willowbank Wildlife Reserve.
New Zealand's endemic alpine parrot the Kea.
Pentax K10D with Tamron 70-300 @ 83mm.
ISO 400, 1/350 @ F6.7. Multi-segment metering. Time around 3.30PM.
Ian McHenry

[Rosl Roessner]

Hi Ian,
oh, I love Keas!
The colours are pleasing in your image and I like the pose, looks like a model....
It would be even better, if the background would be more blurred, by chosing a wider aperture.
And may be a bit more sharpening on the keas head.

Nice picture!

[Lana Hays]

Ian
The Kea is a good looking bird. I'm not crazy about the BG as it's distracting my attention from the Kea. Maybe a little head turn. I'd try to tone down the tops of the rocks as they are too "hot". I'd keep after these birds....a terrific opportunity with the aviary.

[Ian McHenry]

Thanks Rosl and Lana.
It's really neat that by posting pix to this forum you notice as do others more room for improvement.
I agree with your suggestions.
Rosl: Really like the puffin image on your homepage.
Cheers: Ian Mc