Second Reserve

My other fall back photos will be the local birdlife that frequents our back yard - I've already had our King Parrot. This is one of a flock of rainbow lorikeets that is particularly quiet and will sit on your hand, shoulder etc if it thinks it will get a free feed.

[Laura]

I like the bright colors on the out of focus background.

[Justin Cambridge]

wow cool looking bird!

[john graham]

@jbridge ...nice bird shot Poppo...good detail...

[Marie]

Beautiful bird!

[Eric]

I really like that one! Really nice job with the background.

[Anita Campbell]

You have these lorikeets wild in your yard?? Wow. We only have them in our San Diego Zoo's Safari Park here. Where is this?

[Tracey]

Great photo

[Poppo Livy]

@tellefella Thanks. He's not in flight though is he!!! The camera was only about a metre from him when I took the photo hence the detail.

[Poppo Livy]

@jemez I was only about a metre from him - hence the blurred background which was way in the distance.

[Poppo Livy]

@aglennc Hi Anita. I live in Brisbane Australia and yes we have these birds in and out of the yard all day, every day. Anything up to about 40 or 50 birds at a time in our suburban block. This particular bird is very quiet and he was sitting on our kitchen window. I was only a bout a metre from him for this pic.

[Anita Campbell]

That's incredible. Can't imagine having these beautiful birds just wild in my yard.

[Janette]

Gorgeous!

[Keith Porteous]

I can never get these to stay still long enough to capture! Nice shot!

[Therese]

very very beautiful!!! Gorgeous dof too!

[Poppo Livy]

@monkeykid dof = Depth of Field???? I am new to all this

[Poppo Livy]

@aglennc In my opinion, the King Parrot (my photo from 05 Jan) is much more impressive although it probably doesn't show up in the photo. I'll try to get a better one of him. The rainbow lorries are very common and they are also something of bullies in the bird world. They will stand up to just about any other bird and in Western Australia where they have been introduced, they are regarded as a pest as they have taken over the habitat of the endemic lorikeets.

[Denise (lyndemc)]

Beautiful photo of a Rainbow Lorikeet!

[Therese]

@terryliv Sorry... I forget that I too didn't know these terms when I started out here...

Yes, dof is Depth Of Field...

some other abbreviations you might see quite a bit on 365 are

pov - "point of view"
comp - "composition"
bg - "back ground"
FAV - means someone on 365 added your image to their list of favourites.
PP - the 365 Popular Page
TT - the 365 weekly top twenty

I think these are the most common ons you will find here!!! :)

[MB]

This is a gorgeous shot. The bird is fabulous with all his beautiful colors. You captured him perfectly and also the pretty background.

[Tanja]

I love birds, especially this colorful, great shot!

[Poppo Livy]

@tahoemb @violetlady @lyndemc Thanks guys. There will probably be more during the year