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Uploaded: 12/13/09 9:09 PM GMT
Wanted! South African Cockatoo
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I took this picture at the largest free flight bird aviary in the world, Birds Of Eden, off the Garden Route in South Africa. Wanted? I will tell you why - here I was having a nice little conversation with this guy - I was whistling and making bird sounds and he was bobbing his head animatedly. We were really connecting. I really knew we were bonding when his mate flew down next to him and they started bobbing their heads in unison. What a sight! All of a sudden this guy flew up and scratched my head with his claw. Given half the chance, I might have shot him with something more than my camera!!! (Only joking!) Anyway, what do you think?

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.silicon
12/14/09 2:29 PM GMT
So funny! great pic.
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Regards David Being part of a community brings out the best in people.
::Ed1958
12/14/09 3:53 PM GMT
I always enlarge pictures to better evaluate.
The image is clear, crisp and well balanced.
The background is lovely but, in my opinion, it needs some minor amendments to reduce noise.
Ed.
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Logun7
12/14/09 4:33 PM GMT
.·:*¨¨*:·.Wonderful.·:*¨¨*:·.Awesome.·:*¨¨*:·.
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єvєrч dαч ís α gíft.....thαt ís whч ít ís cαllєd thє prєsєnt!
.Confederate77
12/16/09 6:09 AM GMT
Good story to go along with a good photo. Great job!
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.ZeroClass
12/20/09 4:08 AM GMT
good picture. You should try darkening or adding a contrast effect to the background.
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When you want to impress people, dictate the code used to put an image file in an HTML document. Very fast.

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