Chilli the Grey (c)

[shane shacaluga]

Here is another shot i took of my friends female African Grey parrot. She wasnt letting me get too close so used my 70-300 with a 36mm extension tube to get this

D800e
70-300 with 36mm ext tube at 110mm
f13
1/160
ISO100

Handheld using onboard flash

Cropped for composition and usual basic levels and very slight sharpening for web

Thanks for your comments

[Randy Stout]

Shane:

Quite dramatic, love the repeating patterns of feathers, the commanding eye, just enough DOF to make it work, well exposed. Comp. works well for me.

She makes me think of a Jules Verne sea monster.

Cheers

Randy

[Marina Scarr]

This is a very powerful image...loved it from the thumbnail. Your placement of the eye works well, and I love how the colors gradually become darker and more OOF as the viewer moves away from the eye. Well seen and executed.

[shane shacaluga]

Thanks a lot for the feedback.

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular and artistic image. Agree with Marina's comments.

Regards,
Satish.

[Binu John]

Lovely artistic image! Wonderful composition and exposure! TFS

[Gabriela Plesea]

Very well done, Shane!!! This "caught my eye" so to speak, nice exposure and I really like the composition

Kind regards,

[shane shacaluga]

Thanks again for the comments!