Did I Really Do That???
by Raindrop

Comment by Jeileen:
Too many colors. Wallpaper is distracting.

Did I Really Do That???
by Raindrop

Comment by margie:
What a sweet bird. He looks like he would be a talker. Looks like he's keeping an eye on that camera. Good shot.

Did I Really Do That???
by Raindrop

Comment by Wraith Ravenscroft:
An instant 9/10 for the much-appreciated humour !

Did I Really Do That???
by Raindrop

Comment by clues56:
ha ha ha ha. Terrific!!!!

Mirror? Twin? Your Guess!!!!
by Raindrop

Comment by inspzil:
Greetings from the Critique Club -
By Inspzil

Composition - Nice color on this pair of birds. I like the way they are arranged, looking like parakeet conjoined twins at the beak. The general composition is pretty good, the only thing I don't like is the really tight crop. It would be a little better if they weren't so crowded at the top of the pic.

Technical - This picture would've done much much better if it were just a little sharper. It's not bad, but anything but perfect on something like this with this much detail, like the feathers, is certain to bump you down a couple notches here on dpc. It may be from compression as much as anything else. The shutter speed at 1/50s may have some part of that too. I don't know why it needed to be that long with the flash firing. I prefer not to use flash unless I absolutely have to, but this picture looks like it couldn't have been taken without it. In terms of processing, it looks like you could've tried to sharpen the pic a bit to give it a little better appearance. It may have added a little noise but sometimes you gotta take the good with the bad.

Overall - Not a bad picture by any means, and actually a pretty good concept. I'm a little hesitant about calling this cliche, but I could see where that's coming from. The photography end of it is where this photo could use the most improvement. Maybe a tripod would've been more effective. Giving the birds a little more headroom in the pic would be better as well. Good luck in future challenges - Inspzil

Mirror? Twin? Your Guess!!!!
by Raindrop

Comment by Raindrop:
Of course they are twins. They are about 4 weeks old in the picture. It was easy to get them to cooperate because they love each other.
Thank you for your comments.

Mirror? Twin? Your Guess!!!!
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Comment by mcrael:
I'd say twin - you've got two different rings on. Good composition - it was hard to tell!

Mirror? Twin? Your Guess!!!!
by Raindrop

Comment by GeneralE:
Watch the birdies! How cooperative they were...

Mirror? Twin? Your Guess!!!!
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Comment by Gracious:
This is so sweet.

Mirror? Twin? Your Guess!!!!
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Comment by Jacko:
Very, very cute birds. The hands are distracting, but I still like the shot because the colors are so bright. Good job. Jakco.