Hey George, get a load of this funny lookin' bozo with the camera!

[Nick C.]

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[Kelsey-Lee]

Hehe, nice shot!

Really well done.
The only thing I could suggest is to crop the photo around the bird in focus to make another brilliant photo.

[Nick C.]

Thanks, Kelsey-Lee!
I know what you mean. I have others with just the in-focus bird. I just thought it looked like the fellow in the background was laughing, which is why I didn't crop it.

Here are a couple of the others for you:

http://prezique.smugmug.com/photos/107760371-O.jpg

http://prezique.smugmug.com/photos/107760419-O.jpg

[canonloader]

The crops are great. I've never seen a tie-dyed parrot before. :D

[Nick C.]

Thanks, Mitch!
They're all the rage here in Oz :)

[canonloader]

HAHA. I wish we had those here. :)

[Reyno]

Very nice and colorful. Well done Nick.

[GyRob]

Nice one and great tital too :)
Rob.

[Billginthekeys]

very nice shots. great detail in the third, possibly a little overexposed though. overall great job. wonderful birds.

[Nick C.]

Thanks for the comments everyone!

[Greg_C]

Great shots Nick, these have been a bit scarce in my yard lately. I often shoot out of my bedroom window at these guys in a bottlebrush tree.

[Nick C.]

Thanks, Greg.

These were from Lone Pine. I've only just got around to processing them.

We're not lucky enough to have the trees at our place to encourage these fellas to visit.

[elise1030]

Tie-dyed parrot :lol: :lol: . Are these rainbow lorrikeets? They're gorgeous. I've seen them in zoos etc but I don't think they come this far down in the wild. We get musk lorrikeeets here.

Great pictures! I probably would have like to see both birds in focus, but I understand birds aren't easy to photograph.

[DaleP]

Tie-dyed parrot :lol: :lol: . Are these rainbow lorrikeets?

Spot on Elise.

I've seen them in zoos etc but I don't think they come this far down in the wild.

Not so spot on. They're all over the place here. I live and work in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs, and there are heaps flying about.

[elise1030]

Dale, I used to live out in the Dandenongs as a kid up til I moved out at 17. I know we used to have parrots out there and I remember Crimson Rosellas. I might have had Rainbow Lorrikeets too but just never knew what they were!

[Nick C.]

Thanks for dropping by, Elise and Dale.

Yeah, I thought the rainbow lorikeets could be found along the entire east coast of Australia, but I could be wrong.

[DaleP]

Elise: I grew up in the Dandenongs as well (Mt Evelyn - in fact my folks still live there). The Crimsons seem to stick to the hills, and the Rainbows flock around the flatter suburbs. At least that's my observations.

[justin carpenter]

great photo nick, i think its fine with the other bird out of focus. Great caption too, made me laugh.

[Nick C.]

Wow. You've been digging, Justin. Appreciate the praise.

[hTr]

Looks like it flew into a color palette. Nice capture