Comment from momentsofjoy7351
What a wonderful fellow. You have captured a stellar look forward - great eye contact! The color is amazing and the lighting as well. Solid focus over this fellow also. Thanks for sharing.

 Comment Written 29-Nov-2016

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reply by the author on 29-Nov-2016

Thanks for your encouraging feedback ☺ Mary

Comment from michiganmike
A beautiful bird in a fantastic pose. I like the turn of his head that shows off his downturned bill. The colors are great and the cropping is excellent.

 Comment Written 28-Nov-2016

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reply by the author on 28-Nov-2016

Thanks Mike I appreciate your positive feedback. :) Mary

Comment from Envision
You captured a very nice pose. The colors are bright and the yellow stands out a lot in this light. I think you did a nice job with the depth and gorgeous framing.

 Comment Written 28-Nov-2016

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reply by the author on 28-Nov-2016

Thanks very much, your positive feedback is appreciated. :) Mary

Comment from GaliaG
Excellent focus, light and colors on the bird and excellent supporting blur background

Good composition, presentation ad initial impact

Thanks for sharing

 Comment Written 28-Nov-2016

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reply by the author on 28-Nov-2016

Thanks so much I appreciate your positive feedback. :) Mary

Comment from Sean T Phelan
Cool,Mary!
That's an enjoyablly colorful image of this pleasantly exotic little bird!
His curved beak reminds me of that 'Scimitar billed' African bird that I drew a while ago!
'Good Show',my friend!
~Sean

 Comment Written 28-Nov-2016

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reply by the author on 28-Nov-2016

Thanks Sean, there are so many interesting birds particularly in that part of Australia. :) Mary

reply by Sean T Phelan on 28-Nov-2016

Excellent,Mary! : D
You're very welcome,my friend!

Comment from Kbanich
Oh this is truly a beautiful subject with wonderful color. I will offer a couple of recommendations which you can of course try or disregard. 1) There is noise in the image - look and see if the software you use offers a noise filter; which will remove the grainy effect in the background. 2) If you added saturation - pull it back a little - the yellow appears highly saturated and / or vibrant and is consequently robbing you of the detail in the body of the bird. Great subject, Great timing, Great framing. Well done.

 Comment Written 27-Nov-2016

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reply by the author on 27-Nov-2016

Thanks Kathy, I have tried to reduce noise went back to original and re-cropped and adjusted contrast a tad where previously I had done an auto adjustment. Hope you prefer this one :)

reply by Kbanich on 27-Nov-2016

Yes - I can see where the grain has been minimized. Did you crop it tighter? Great shot :-)

reply by the author on 28-Nov-2016

A little tighter crop - thanks for your constructive help on this one :)

Comment from a.samathasena
What a great nice wonderful lovely shot.Beautiful nice scene.Presentation is very nice. The lovely bird,face eyes action,spiral beak,yellow brown body,red flower and green b/g are gorgeous great and make a nice scene.I like this talent perfect work.Focus color and all are excellent.Great job.Well Done.Thanks.

 Comment Written 27-Nov-2016

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reply by the author on 27-Nov-2016

Thanks so much, I appreciate your positive feedback. :) Mary

Comment from Ladymariesphotod
This a beautiful photo. I absolutely love the colors. Very vibrant, bright and alive. Great clarity, focus, and detail. Nice job Thank you for sharing.

 Comment Written 27-Nov-2016

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reply by the author on 27-Nov-2016

Thanks so much your positive feedback is appreciated. :) Mary