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African Grey Parrot


African Grey Parrot
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Copyright: Aires Dos Santos (airessantos) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 203 W: 1 N: 217] (1031)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-03-14
Categories: Pets
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/280 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-04-26 7:31
Viewed: 508
Points: 36
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hi TL friends,

This is the second picture of the Zoo Lisbon serie, after the Lion sleeping.

The African Grey Parrot is a medium-sized parrot of the genus Psittacus, native to Africa and is considered one of the most intelligent birds. As the name implies, they are predominantly grey, with accents of white. Some of their feathers are very dark grey and others are a lighter grey color. They have red or maroon tails depending on the subspecies. They feed primarily on nuts and fruits, supplemented by leafy matter.

The African Grey Parrot is around 33 cm long with predominantly grey plumage, with darker wings and a pale grey rump. The head and neck feathers have paler margins, giving that part of the body a scalloped appearance. The area around the eyes is whitish and the short broad tail red or maroon.

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cunejo200, Emma, chrisJ, vtd_k, CallMeMaria, tjutjut, Hendrika, nursez, harpya, flory has marked this note useful
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Hi Aires,

For a moment, I thought you did selective colorization :) Nice composition and perfect DOF. TFS.

Kiran.

Hello Aires,
The parrot's yellow eyes are impressive, and there is good texture on his feathers. Exposure particularly the blurred b/g is effective. Best wishes - Danilo

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  • Emma Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1403 W: 6 N: 1919] (10149)
  • [2007-04-26 7:42]

WOW Aires,
What a good presentation.I like to see is the way that we the important parts, this picture beautiful with excellent detail and colors.
Best wishes.
Eva

hello! great shot! excellent capture! TFS
greetings Aga:)

Olá Aires,

Um belo animal e uma belíssima fotografia. Temos muitas variedades dessa espécie cá no Brasil. Porém com essas cores é a primeira vez que vejo.

Grande abraço,
Sergio

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  • jawa Gold Star Critiquer [C: 1372 W: 0 N: 1] (12003)
  • [2007-04-26 10:46]

Hi Aires
Nice portret of this bird.
Gr Jos

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  • jone Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2205 W: 171 N: 0] (28352)
  • [2007-04-26 11:02]

Hi Aires ;)
nice and impressive...TFS
Best regards,
J ;)

merhaba my friend aires
beautiful intresting bird.very good composition.well done.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

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  • chrisJ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4182 W: 407 N: 6465] (41319)
  • [2007-04-27 1:19]

Olá Aires

For a moment, I had thought you'd desaturated a colourd parrot! Superb sharpness with a good, shallow dof. I like the tight framing. Tfs!

Olá Aires,
Ao ver a foto no thumbnail pareceu-me uma estátua em cimento! É MUITO cinzento este papagaio!!
Obrigada por compartilhar esta sua foto com perfeição em detalhe, nitidez e BG/DOF.
Um desejo de bom fim de semana.
Lurdes

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  • vtd_k Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 275 W: 0 N: 128] (1270)
  • [2007-04-27 5:00]

Hi Aires,
Very nice shot!
I ve never seen this parrot before!
Nice composition!
Good portrait!
Welldone!

tfs
Vu

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  • lopa Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1083 W: 244 N: 847] (8927)
  • [2007-04-27 8:04]

Hi Aires,
Very good idea to portrait this grey parrot against this superb coloured background.
Good sharpness on the feathers. Contrast of the background also very interesting. TFS
Lopa
:)

Hello Aires,
A great portrait of the fine bird!
The close-up work is well done, and the plumage really looks natural...
Well framed, well done!
Greetings,
Pablo -

Hi Aires,

Very sharp and beautiful image. Great Dof that makes stunning image.

Tfs,
Tjutjut

Hi Aires, you made a great picture, but what a pity for me, I love the bold colours a parrot can have and I miss those.
But thanks for learning me that there are grey ones also.
TFS
Els

Hi Aires,
I know this bird very well,a very nice friend:)It looks good with the green background and impressive eyes.Nur

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  • harpya Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5621 W: 197 N: 2311] (9010)
  • [2007-05-01 14:47]

Olá Aires,

Olha eu nunca tinha visto e ouvido falar
em papagaio cinza, para mim está sendo uma grande descoberta
ainda mais lendo seu texto, é incrivel!
Deve ser belíssimo ver a maior parte do corpo em cinza e as penas do rabo coloridas.
Grande captura, belo tiro!
Obrigado pela aula.

Sergio

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  • flory Silver Star Critiquer [C: 22 W: 0 N: 0] (93)
  • [2007-05-05 9:58]

ciao dear,
well,well,a nice portrait of this special grey parrot,good blurred the bk,fine details..what he told you?looks suspicios about your pic..hm..:))
my kisses,
flory

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