Lory Bird
by ginjer

Comment by angela_packard:
9 from me...good luck!

Lory Bird
by ginjer

Comment by Konador:
Nice unusual angle to take this from, and it shows the feather detail really nicely :)

Lory Bird
by ginjer

Comment by adine:
Nice detail in the feathers and great colors. I'd like to see some bottom and left cropped off the gray and green blur pull my eyes away from the bird. I know you want to watch not to crop the beak too close - perhaps if you tilted the picture a bit clockwise first?

Lory Bird
by ginjer

Comment by Emilio:
Wow...the bar has definitely been raised. Amazing picture! Very, very good...

Lory Bird
by ginjer

Comment by ugas1a:
Nice angle. The flecks of white are distracting however.

Lory Bird
by ginjer

Comment by ShutterPug:
Intersting angle - not sure I'm liking it though. Probably just a erpsonal preference, as I like to see the faces - especially the eyes of living creatures. Nice colors and shallow DOF.

Lory Bird
by ginjer

Comment by AutumnCat:
Good sharpness on the top of the bird's head - and nice blur to some of the background. However, I don't find the angle and composition of this photo appealing. I think this is too close and would rather see a more natural and upright angle.

Lory Bird
by ginjer

Comment by emorgan49:
Nice blue feathers! Clever macro - I wonder if a tighter crop wold have made the image more of an abstract, since we cant see the bird anyways, but I don't see a god alternative. the lower right seems to mute the color overall, just by covering up a little of the gray makes the blue bluer. Something to learn next is how to clone out the white spots.

Lory Bird
by ginjer

Comment by neenee1999:
Great detail, amazing colors.

Lory Bird
by ginjer

Comment by taterbug:
These are just awesome colors in this shot. A very unique point of view here, from the top. I really like how you've used dof, and this pov to show off what the shot is all about- the colors. Very nice pic :-)