The color purple
by Musicman

Comment by Musicman:
Thanks to all that encouraged me to stay.
Boy, what a difference it makes going from auto to manual setting.
The difference is easily seen from my previous challenge to this challenge.
Look out you guys in the top 3. I'm gaining grown.

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Comment by karmat:
Great composition and depth of field on this one. Nicely done.

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Comment by sherryk471:
Such a great looking bird and his color is awsome.=7

The color purple
by Musicman

Comment by Allen:
very nice job the colors turned out very nice and it was set up perfect good work

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Comment by Journey:
This bird has a lot of presence and the title is very à propos because he and i are constantly making eye contact. Colors of the bird are fantastic, so is the clarity. A little unfortunate is that the color of the perch is pretty much washed out and that the cage lines are stronger than would have been ideal; it competes a little with the bird for attention. But something has to give, i guess. 8

The color purple
by Musicman

Comment by DennisF:
Good composition. (But it's mostly blue except for those tiny stripes in each petal.)
OK, my wife says it purple.

The color purple
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Comment by kavamama:
Love the balance, color and crop. Jewel-like colors don't hurt the eyes, either! Well done.

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Comment by Gordon:
the head doesn't quite seem to be in focus - I wish the eye was a bit sharper. Otherwise a good shot.

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Comment by tomzinho:
nice colors, dof, detail. composition wise, you might have not cropped so close on the right and bottom sides since that is the direction she is looking. normally a fence/net in a fauna picture looks really bad, but here the effect is quite cool.

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Comment by StevePax:
That's a very menacing bird. Good shot, and good capture of the bird's eye. 8.