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This sulphur-crested cockatoo is one of the fabulous wild birds who visit my sister’s place near Brisbane, Australia. It is so wonderful to see a beautiful bird like this flying free and not in a cage! (Olympus E-300 & Zuiko 40-150mm zoom at 150mm, f/5.6, 1/800 sec., ISO 100, early morning sun, handheld)
Featured in RedBubble Explore, 7 Day Popular Art, Design & Photography (September 2012)
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Great lighting. Beautiful work
Thanks very much, Joy! The birds were such a treat every morning.
– Celeste Mookherjee
Natures Paintbrush
BEAUTIFUL work,
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Thank you, Ann!
– Celeste Mookherjee
JUST LOVELY!!!!
Thanks very much for the great comment and fave, Asoka!
– Celeste Mookherjee
Nice!
Thank you, Cindy!
– Celeste Mookherjee
Good shot, Celeste – the lighting was just right!
Many thanks, Bette! Yes, the light was definitely working for me that morning.
– Celeste Mookherjee
He’s adorable! Instant fave.
Thanks very much, Margaret! You have some truly wonderful birds in Queensland.
– Celeste Mookherjee
Oh wow, how gorgeous this is, Celeste!!! Not often you see this kind of bird just flying free!! And what a beauty he is!!
Thanks very much, Laurie! These birds are native to Queensland, Australia (along with some other beautiful birds), so they are a fairly common sight there.
– Celeste Mookherjee
Just beautiful!
Thank you, Lisa, for a wonderful comment!
– Celeste Mookherjee
Great shot and such beautiful light. Love the pose too. The cocky must have been fairly tame for you to shoot it at 150 focal length.
Thanks for the great comment, Ralph! The bird was not as close as he appears, as I cropped this shot for better composition than I could manage with that lens (the longest I had at the time).
– Celeste Mookherjee