Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)

[Jan Wegener]

One of the most commonly kept pet birds. Seeing large flocks of them in the wild was amazing. They are such elegant and fast flyers. This bird came as a bit of a surprise to me, because I didn't expect it to be where I was photographing the Hooded Parrots. Obviously, this stunning male was a welcomed addition, though :)

You can read a lengthy trip report on my blog.

1D Mark IV
600 L IS
1.4x TC III
ISo 800
1/400

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Gorgeous bird Jan! Love the framing, HA, colors and detail. Just beautiful.

[Daniel Cadieux]

As someone who used to have a pet Cockatiel I must say that I much prefer to see this photo of a wild one...way cool!! Love the comp, and the perch is perfect. Nice surprise for you!

[vishaljadhav]

Lovely image Jan.
Composition is perfect with a great background , the head turn is very special here which gets the crest in full view in its full beauty.

[Frank Schauf]

Fantastic. Wonderful pose, colors and background.

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely pose and the crown on this bird is outstanding. The perch, bird and BG all compliment one another. I wonder whether you took any with more DOF wherein you were able to get the bird's back feathers also in focus or did no not have enough light?

[Danny Laredo]

Fantastic image all around.

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent looking back pose, beautiful background and nice composititon, Jan.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Clean background, clean perch, outstanding pose and gorgeous bird. Checks all the right boxes. Fantastic work!

[PhilCook]

Lovely Jan, I see the occassional one when I go bush, but getting within a suitable focus distance is another matter altogether.

Lovely over the shoulder look, and smooth backdrop...gnarly perch is a bit special as well

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image with lovely IQ.
Love the pose with beautiful HA,nice crest,colors,BG,perch and above all absolutely superb composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[mohammad reza shahab]

beautiful background and nice composititon.very nice perch and bird.