A fine shot of this colorful bird. Cropped a bit too tightly though to see all of it.

A well-spotted subject and some good use of lighting here - the oblique angle adds interesting tones, enhancing the colours and communicating the three-dimensionality of the bird very well. Unfortunately however the image doesn't reach its full potential, firstly because it isn't sharp where it really matters - on the features of the bird's head and beak. It has also been cropped too tightly on the left, chopping off part of the beak. Normally one would leave slightly more room in the direction that the subject is facing than in the opposite direction, so that the bird has "somewhere to go to". Other minor points are that the background distracts because the horizon is sloping - this can be corrected easily in Photoshop Elements - and there is a repeating pattern of pixillation that is particularly noticeable in pale areas such as the sky. This may be because the image has been taken on too low a quality/size setting. I would recommend always taking photos on the maximum size and quality setting possible: unneeded pixels can always be discarded later, but small images can't be scaled up without losing quality.

Sorry, but this picture made me laugh - the parrot's banging it's head against the side of the frame. Can't complain on your post though, I'd want to share this colourful image too.

Nice shot, too bad you can't see the entire parrot.

A very interesting and colorful subject, and a good snapshot. Thanks for sharing this one. A little wider field of view and sharper focus would make the photo better.

— Steve

Although the choice of subject is good, the lighting and composition could be improved. notice that most of the bird is in shadow this is because the sun is behind the bird. try to shoot with the sun or light source behind yourself. the bird is looking away from the center of the frame it is allways desireable to have the bird looking into the frame. or towards the camera slightly.