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Prisoner Parrot (14)
sayzey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 666 W: 58 N: 528] (2358)
This post inspired from HD462's post of a Parrot I am having a photo drought and so am havnig to have to revisit some old themes to gt photos to post.

I wasnt best pleased with this one, most of all because the sky looks too over exposed and the rest of the photo looks a bit dull. i think I should maybe have used the flash, but I didnt want to scare the little fella!

On the other side of those bushes is a parrot show which we were watching at a nature park in Benalmadena Spain, I forget the name for the moment, but you could also see dolphins and sea lions, and also penguins! (Which may be a future post).


The poor guy was chained up to stop him flying away, and I toyed with cloning the padlock out but decided to leave it in to enhance the title. Reminds me of seeing prisoners on TV where they are all chained together doing work at the roadside.

I am unsure what type of parrot he is, unfortunately I didnt think i woudl be posting this photo so I didnt make a note of his type! I seem to remember the man saying that this one and his different coloured cousins were from Australia though, I would be grateful if any bird lovers coudl confirm! : )

Im not really aware of how I could have made thos photo better apart from the obvious of using flash and under exposing the sky, any maybe changing angle, but I couldnt really get anywhere else. i have a few shots and decided on this one because on cue he ruffled his feathers (you cna see the ruffles on his head) and it was funny to watch. I will post how he lokos normally to WS.
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sayzey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 666 W: 58 N: 528] (2358)
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Edited by:sayzey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 666 W: 58 N: 528] (2358)
This is how the parrot looks when he is not ruffling his feathers, he is just about to spread out his wings, I was too early : ( I couldnt get another shot off before he put his wings away, I was disappointed ot say th eleast and he didn not oblige again!