The Bird.

[jiro]

One of the colorful birds that you can encounter when you visit the San Antonio Zoo in Texas. They are housed on a big metal structure covered with screen mesh so they can't escape. There are about 150 of them inside the structure with about 20 varieties and they are very friendly actually. Thank you very much for viewing.

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Nikon D70, Nikon 18-70mm lens set at 70mm, Exposure at ISO 200, f4.5 at 1/125 second, Matrix Metering in Aperture Priority Mode, Color Processed in LR 3.

[Apo]

sharp and very colourful image, nice..

[jiro]

sharp and very colourful image, nice..

Thank you very much, Dante.

[Frankie]

I really like this. I like how you captured the bird on the little branch instead of the bigger one, which ties into the almost coy expression/body language of the bird.

[jiro]

I really like this. I like how you captured the bird on the little branch instead of the bigger one, which ties into the almost coy expression/body language of the bird.

Thanks, Frankie. I am glad you like it.

[LeoLeo]

Indeed,

Sharp and colourful . Nice one Jiro. You've made me jealous

Leo

[loxias95te]

nice colors, very nice pic.

[jiro]

Indeed,

Sharp and colourful . Nice one Jiro. You've made me jealous

Leo

I'm just probably lucky when I took this shot, Leo.

[jiro]

nice colors, very nice pic.

Thank you very much, John.

[LeoLeo]

I'm just probably lucky when I took this shot, Leo.

, Maybe too modest

You know better your gear then I know mine (shame on me), and your experience is visible.

Cheers,
Leo

[abhi]

One of the colorful birds that you can encounter when you visit the San Antonio Zoo in Texas. They are housed on a big metal structure covered with screen mesh so they can't escape. There are about 150 of them inside the structure with about 20 varieties and they are very friendly actually. Thank you very much for viewing.

Click the image to see it in lightbox.


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Nikon D70, Nikon 18-70mm lens set at 70mm, Exposure at ISO 200, f4.5 at 1/125 second, Matrix Metering in Aperture Priority Mode, Color Processed in LR 3.

Beautiful colors, Jiro. Very nice photo.

[jiro]

Beautiful colors, Jiro. Very nice photo.

Thank you very much, Abhi.

[FrankMi]

An excellent job! You have completely concealed the fact that the bird is caged. In most zoo shots the confinement is painfully obvious.

[jiro]

An excellent job! You have completely concealed the fact that the bird is caged. In most zoo shots the confinement is painfully obvious.

Thank you very much, Frank. Actually they are housed in a very big bird cage, Frank. People can come inside and give these birds a puree drink composed of vitamins and minerals and some fruits. You buy the drinks in small containers and then show them to the birds and they will go near you. Here's my daughter being surrounded by the birds when she showed them the drink. She enjoyed the experience a lot but was also scared that they will bite her hard. Hahaha! Btw, these shots has been processed using the procedure I told you on the tutorial that I made.

[Mark Lawrence]

Great shot nice and crisp!

[jiro]

Great shot nice and crisp!

Thank you very much, Mark.

[FrankMi]

A lovely shot of your daughter. I think I'll need to come to San Antonio to help feed the birds while I fill my SD card!

[jiro]

A lovely shot of your daughter. I think I'll need to come to San Antonio to help feed the birds while I fill my SD card!

That would be awesome! Be sure to bring lots of memory cards with you. Hahaha!

[Kimra]

Ah! Birds are very difficult objects to try and capture. Your pictures are always so wonderful. I particularly like this one because of the beautiful colors that follow it. I'm quite afraid of birds, but you've captured such a beautiful one, that I would like to sit by it, myself. Just like people, seeing this bird in its habitat draws a person in :3 Thank you for the picture, it's quite beautiful!

[Wirefox]

They are both great shots Jiro but I actually prefer the one with your daughter its just full of life. Needless to say when I went to one of those places I got **** on....and not from such a great height. Still it kept the kids amused