Inspiring Photo: True Love #3357747

True Love

Uploaded: February 02, 2007

Description

Reworked and resubmitted
Photo was taken on July 21, 2005 at 11:22am at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo - the Willawong Station - an interactive exhibit of Australia's Birds
Canon 70-200mm F/4L lens @200mm, F/4, 1/200 second, ISO 100, partial metering, +0.5 exposure compensation
Cropped, levels, Neat Image, burned, +saturation, -brightness, +contrast, resized and sharpened in Photoshop CS
POTD at photo-of-the-day.com on February 10, 2007
Second Place in the Monthly Theme "Moments of Love" for February, 2007 at PhotoShowdown.com

Comments

Barbara Waldoch February 02, 2007

Out of this world colours, Janine! :-) #598393

Su Sana E. P February 02, 2007

So very lovely colors, pose and great details on this, Janine!! #3902628

Evy Johansen February 02, 2007

WOW.... Awesome shot, Janine!! Very beautiful! #3902633

Ray Clarke February 02, 2007

Beautiful colours and detail Janine, looks like true love!!!!(R) #3902641

Les Rhoades February 02, 2007

Love Birds...I get it!

I really like that the bird on the left has his/her eyes closed. #3902645

Paul E. Earl February 02, 2007

Aaah! How sweet! Cute shot, Janine! #3902661

Mette Vendelboe Allison February 02, 2007

Cute cute..could have been mine (have 8 budgies), very good detail... #3902668

Renee Doyle February 02, 2007

Oh ... this is just too beautiful Janine! Perfect for the theme! Such strong rich colours and wonderful detail!
#3902682

Sherry Karr Adkins February 02, 2007

This is just perfect for this month's theme, Janine. Great capture! #3902731

Inge Linden February 02, 2007

Sooo cute! the detail and colors are just stunning,Janine

GREAT CAPTURE!! #3902746

Paul Michko February 02, 2007

How sweet, Janine. #3902774

Arlene Krassner February 02, 2007

Awwww what a sweet shot. #3902809

Tamara Sovilj February 02, 2007

Beautiful shot & lovely birds! Great colors!!! #3902840

Donald K. Cherry February 02, 2007

Adorable capture, Janine! #3902865

Joy Rector February 02, 2007

love this shot #3902897

William C. Raco February 02, 2007

Excellent detail, colors and moment
Very well taken, Janine

Bill #3902986

Sherri Gorman February 02, 2007

AWESOME!!! Wonderful colors and details!!! So cute too!!! #3903101

Katarina Mansson February 02, 2007

Now THAT looks like a winner to me!!! You have captured the expressions in their faces excellently (the left one enjoying what the right one does to her(?)) - even closing her eyes - wow). The background helps focusing on the couple and bringing out the beautiful colours. The detail is, as always, excellent. Pui - I need to practice more...:-) #3903109

Lynne Hoad February 02, 2007

AWWW!! Janine, wonderful caputure!! The details and compare perfect and the expressions are just precious!! #3903120

Glenn E. Urquhart February 02, 2007

Outstanding capture and composition, Janine!!! Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #3903140

John Caruso February 02, 2007

Janine--

Fine job! Great detail and comp. #3903402

Jeff Robinson February 02, 2007

Excellent color and capture Janine! Jeff #3903424

Dr Silly February 02, 2007

Cute. :O)
#3903429

Marta J. Baldwin February 02, 2007

What a sweet picture!!! Great job Janine!!! #3904007

Janine Russell February 02, 2007

Barbara, SuSana, Evy, Ray, Les, Paul E, Mette, Renee, Sherry, Inge, Paul M, Arlene, Tamara, Donald, Joy, Bill, Sherri, Katarina, Lynne, Glenn, John, Jeff, Doc and Marta, thanks very much for all of your kind and encouraging comments. #3904099

Cathy M. Gromball February 02, 2007

Awww!!! This is so sweet, and I love it for the monthly theme, Janine!

Cathy :) #3904107

Shirley L. Carpenter February 02, 2007

Excellent Capture Janine!!! Beautiful colors!! #3904651

Melissa G. Meiselman February 02, 2007

It is beautiful the way the bird who is being preened has his eyes closed. Terrific capture, Janine!! #3904767

Karen Engelbreth February 02, 2007

Too cute, Janine - wonderful image! #3904786

John Connolly February 02, 2007

A great capture of budgerigars being themselves, Janine! You can see how they earned their nickname of "Love birds". #3904848

Dee Langevin February 02, 2007

What a terrific image Janine! Love the pose, the colors and the great detail. Well done! #3904968

Karacan Salkuci (Kalacay) February 02, 2007

Excellent exposure,detail,composition and colors.Looks like a winner to me. #3905091

Jenny Bosmans February 02, 2007

Super cute and excellent theme entry, Janine! :) #3905255

Patricia Ronan February 02, 2007

Great photo Janine :) #3905495

Nancy L. Green February 03, 2007

Oh Janine, I just love this!! It is too cute for words!! <>< #3908730

Kathleen Brennan February 03, 2007

Beautiful detail and color, Janine! #3908945

anonymous February 03, 2007

Wonderful image Janine! #3908987

Charlene Taylor February 03, 2007

This is so sharp and clear with great color Janine! Excellent shot. #3909055

Sam Britt February 03, 2007

Excellent color, detail & poses captured here, Janine. I like the look of contentment (eyes closed) the bird on the left is showing. #3909143

Colleen Farrell February 03, 2007

I agree with Sam! It really does look like true love! #3909276

Esther Smith February 03, 2007

Tha detail and color is so incredible Janine!!! #3909325

Jayne Martin February 04, 2007

WOW! This is great color and composition!! #3911877

Janine Russell February 04, 2007

Cathy, Shirley, Melissa, Karen, John, Dee, Kara, Jenny, Patricia, Nancy, Kathleen, Barbara, Charlene, Sam, Colleen, Esther and Jayne, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3912210

Sharon King February 05, 2007

What a terrific MT shot! Excellent capture Janine! #3913383

Janine Russell February 05, 2007

Sharon, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3914057

Marianne Fortin February 05, 2007

Perfect for the Monthly Theme - love it! #3914158

Janine Russell February 05, 2007

Marianne, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3914172

Ronald F. Fischer February 05, 2007

This is so beautiful, Janine!! Awesome capture!! #3914236

Janine Russell February 05, 2007

Ron, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3914350

Janine Russell February 05, 2007

Don, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3915795

Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 05, 2007

It couldn't be any better than this Janine. It makes me miss my parakeets very much. It's like looking in a mirror. Anyway~ I love this!! #3916374

Janine Russell February 05, 2007

Donna, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3916439

Lorraine A. Cook February 06, 2007

Superb colors on these two budgies, Janine! I've had birds in my life for 30+ years. At one time I had eight budgies!!<:)) #3917482

Janine Russell February 06, 2007

Lorraine, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3918369

Ellen Hodges February 06, 2007

What a cute shot! Love it. #3918731

Janine Russell February 06, 2007

Ellen, thanks very much for your nice comments. #3919057

Erica Murphy February 07, 2007

Great photo Janine! The colors and comp. are awesome.

Erica
#3923223

Janine Russell February 07, 2007

Erica, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3923332

eileen bedford February 07, 2007

Such a sweet capture, love the recipient’s eyes showing it feels so good... #3923380

Janine Russell February 07, 2007

Eileen, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3923384

Sherry Sturgis February 07, 2007

Janine, this is wonderful!!! Super clarity and the colors are so beautiful. #3923717

Janine Russell February 07, 2007

Sherry, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3923724

Richard D. Cox February 08, 2007

Sorry I missed this one earlier. It is great! #3927354

Shelly A. Van Camp February 08, 2007

Cute!!! I have 3 parakeets..Just recently lost one. One of mine actually talks :) #3927390

Janine Russell February 08, 2007

Richard and Shelly, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #3927405

Kristi A. Howson February 10, 2007

So sweet with such beautiful colors Janine! #3934599

Janine Russell February 10, 2007

Kristi, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3934713

Michelle L. Frick February 12, 2007

I love the way they are interacting. You caught such a tender moment. The colors and clarity, along with your lighting are just amazing! #3942149

Janine Russell February 12, 2007

Michelle, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3942163

Gunther Allen February 19, 2007

Just one word come to mind .... Awwwwwwww! #3966442

Janine Russell February 19, 2007

Gunther, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #3966547

Hurk (Steve) Hurkett March 01, 2007

Love the colors, lighting and detail, Janine .... steve #4012458

Janine Russell March 01, 2007

Steve, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #4012898

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