"Miss Ruby"

This is Miss Ruby, one of the local residents of Miami's Parrot Jungle...Ruby is a very curious girl who likes to mingle with the visitors and loves to have her picture taken...Ruby is a natural, destined for the bright lights of Hollywood...:D:cool:

Love the tight shot Gus So well balanced also !!! One of my favorites !!! Big Congrats !!!

Hi Gus,
Do like the eye placement and the feathers are a nice touch. Might lighten the eye a bit and saturate......but that was probably lost in compression (I can't believe how small you have to save them to get them under 200kb). Nicely composed!

Sharpness wow, feather detail and skin is very sharp...what lens? Gus...like the crop

Hi Paul,
Miss Ruby was painted with a Nikon D200, using a Nikkor 300mm f/4D AF-S IF-ED lens, with a Nikkor 1.4 T/C hand held...:cool:

Gus -nice up close and personal-nice feather details

The details and colours are spectuacular Gus. Love all the little feathers. Miss Ruby is a beauty!