Uploaded: February 02, 2007
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
Barbara Waldoch February 02, 2007
Out of this world colours, Janine! :-) #598393Su Sana E. P February 02, 2007
So very lovely colors, pose and great details on this, Janine!! #3902628Evy Johansen February 02, 2007
WOW.... Awesome shot, Janine!! Very beautiful! #3902633Ray Clarke February 02, 2007
Beautiful colours and detail Janine, looks like true love!!!!(R) #3902641Les Rhoades February 02, 2007
Love Birds...I get it!Paul E. Earl February 02, 2007
Aaah! How sweet! Cute shot, Janine! #3902661Mette Vendelboe Allison February 02, 2007
Cute cute..could have been mine (have 8 budgies), very good detail... #3902668Renee Doyle February 02, 2007
Oh ... this is just too beautiful Janine! Perfect for the theme! Such strong rich colours and wonderful detail!Sherry Karr Adkins February 02, 2007
This is just perfect for this month's theme, Janine. Great capture! #3902731Inge Linden February 02, 2007
Sooo cute! the detail and colors are just stunning,JanineGREAT CAPTURE!! #3902746
Paul Michko February 02, 2007
How sweet, Janine. #3902774Arlene Krassner February 02, 2007
Awwww what a sweet shot. #3902809Tamara Sovilj February 02, 2007
Beautiful shot & lovely birds! Great colors!!! #3902840Donald K. Cherry February 02, 2007
Adorable capture, Janine! #3902865Joy Rector February 02, 2007
love this shot #3902897William C. Raco February 02, 2007
Excellent detail, colors and momentBill #3902986
Sherri Gorman February 02, 2007
AWESOME!!! Wonderful colors and details!!! So cute too!!! #3903101Katarina 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...:-) #3903109Lynne Hoad February 02, 2007
AWWW!! Janine, wonderful caputure!! The details and compare perfect and the expressions are just precious!! #3903120Glenn E. Urquhart February 02, 2007
Outstanding capture and composition, Janine!!! Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #3903140John Caruso February 02, 2007
Janine--Fine job! Great detail and comp. #3903402
Jeff Robinson February 02, 2007
Excellent color and capture Janine! Jeff #3903424Dr Silly February 02, 2007
Cute. :O)Marta J. Baldwin February 02, 2007
What a sweet picture!!! Great job Janine!!! #3904007Janine 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. #3904099Cathy 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!! #3904651Melissa G. Meiselman February 02, 2007
It is beautiful the way the bird who is being preened has his eyes closed. Terrific capture, Janine!! #3904767Karen Engelbreth February 02, 2007
Too cute, Janine - wonderful image! #3904786John Connolly February 02, 2007
A great capture of budgerigars being themselves, Janine! You can see how they earned their nickname of "Love birds". #3904848Dee Langevin February 02, 2007
What a terrific image Janine! Love the pose, the colors and the great detail. Well done! #3904968Karacan Salkuci (Kalacay) February 02, 2007
Excellent exposure,detail,composition and colors.Looks like a winner to me. #3905091Jenny Bosmans February 02, 2007
Super cute and excellent theme entry, Janine! :) #3905255Patricia Ronan February 02, 2007
Great photo Janine :) #3905495Nancy L. Green February 03, 2007
Oh Janine, I just love this!! It is too cute for words!! <>< #3908730Kathleen Brennan February 03, 2007
Beautiful detail and color, Janine! #3908945anonymous February 03, 2007
Wonderful image Janine! #3908987Charlene Taylor February 03, 2007
This is so sharp and clear with great color Janine! Excellent shot. #3909055Sam 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. #3909143Colleen Farrell February 03, 2007
I agree with Sam! It really does look like true love! #3909276Esther Smith February 03, 2007
Tha detail and color is so incredible Janine!!! #3909325Jayne Martin February 04, 2007
WOW! This is great color and composition!! #3911877Janine 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. #3912210Sharon King February 05, 2007
What a terrific MT shot! Excellent capture Janine! #3913383Janine Russell February 05, 2007
Sharon, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3914057Marianne Fortin February 05, 2007
Perfect for the Monthly Theme - love it! #3914158Janine Russell February 05, 2007
Marianne, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3914172Ronald F. Fischer February 05, 2007
This is so beautiful, Janine!! Awesome capture!! #3914236Janine Russell February 05, 2007
Ron, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3914350Janine Russell February 05, 2007
Don, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #3915795Donna 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!! #3916374Janine Russell February 05, 2007
Donna, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3916439Lorraine 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!!<:)) #3917482Janine Russell February 06, 2007
Lorraine, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3918369Ellen Hodges February 06, 2007
What a cute shot! Love it. #3918731Janine Russell February 06, 2007
Ellen, thanks very much for your nice comments. #3919057Erica Murphy February 07, 2007
Great photo Janine! The colors and comp. are awesome.Erica
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Janine Russell February 07, 2007
Erica, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #3923332eileen bedford February 07, 2007
Such a sweet capture, love the recipient’s eyes showing it feels so good... #3923380Janine Russell February 07, 2007
Eileen, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3923384Sherry Sturgis February 07, 2007
Janine, this is wonderful!!! Super clarity and the colors are so beautiful. #3923717Janine Russell February 07, 2007
Sherry, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3923724Richard D. Cox February 08, 2007
Sorry I missed this one earlier. It is great! #3927354Shelly A. Van Camp February 08, 2007
Cute!!! I have 3 parakeets..Just recently lost one. One of mine actually talks :) #3927390Janine Russell February 08, 2007
Richard and Shelly, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #3927405Kristi A. Howson February 10, 2007
So sweet with such beautiful colors Janine! #3934599Janine Russell February 10, 2007
Kristi, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments. #3934713Michelle 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! #3942149Janine Russell February 12, 2007
Michelle, thanks very much for your kind comments and encouragement. #3942163Gunther Allen February 19, 2007
Just one word come to mind .... Awwwwwwww! #3966442Janine Russell February 19, 2007
Gunther, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #3966547Hurk (Steve) Hurkett March 01, 2007
Love the colors, lighting and detail, Janine .... steve #4012458Janine Russell March 01, 2007
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