A Taste of Honey

[PhilCook]

A Mallee Ringneck Parrot feeding on the flowers of the Eromophila bush, not something I have seen before, seems that at this particular time the flowers were oozing with nectar judging by the sticky matting of the birds feathers...I bet it took a while to get all that out of his plumage.

Canon 7D + 500 f4.....f5, 1/640. ISO 500, +0.3EV, no flash, tripod mounted. Standard editing, crop, sharpen selectively and noise reduction to backdrop

[christopher galeski]

magic colors Phil,love the BG,nice feeding pose,not sure about the crop at the back end,and would like some more at the bottom.thanks.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image with beautiful colors.I like the colors and nice details on parrot. Nice bg and composition.

[jack williamson]

Gorgeous and very sharp, excellent BG. Would like to see some different crops of this.

Jack

[Rachel Hollander]

Phil - colors are great and so is the bg. Pose and HA look good. Thanks for explaining about the matted feathers from the nectar. I too am not sure about the crop. Might consider coming in more from the rhs and taking the head off center.

TFS,
Rachel

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Phil, good eye contact, and this image oodles colour. I like both the detail and colours on the parrot, together with the colours of the flowers. Enough smooth BG for the parrot to pop against.