The Queen of birds

and she also has a king!

I spent most of the day out and about and popped in at the Giraffe House. Much to my delight the birds enjoyed the sunshine and were active. (these cranes in particular)

The Grey Crowned Crane is my daughter Katja's favourite bird. She immediately wanted a photo so I had to edit one of the many. I did two edits and sent them to her. She said this was her favourite, so here it is with a little bit of Adamski as the background was too busy.

I will post the original tomorrow.

[Kate]

Absolutely gorgeous

[gloria jones]

Brilliant.

[Mags]

Love those feathers!

[Elisa Smith]

Beautiful.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Delightful ! such a beautiful capture and detail on this smart bird. Nicely edited background ! fav

[katy]

Stunning capture and spectacular editing FAV we will be seeing this one on the TT soon!

[Amarante]

So beautiful! Love how it's edited.

[winghong_ho]

Beautiful.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I thought the Adamsky effect would work really well with your bird shots- and this proves it!

[Kitty Hawke]

Ohhh.....she is lovely.....

[Lisa Brown]

wow!!! just wow!!! the blue in his eyes is amazing. a beautiful shot of a beautiful bird

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful looking bird and a beautiful shot.

[Elyse Klemchuk]

Wow, wow! This is wonderful!

[Paula Fontanini]

She does look quite regal! Exceptional portrait!

[Joan Robillard]

Fab

[Cindy McFarland]

Oh my! This is gorgeous and I love the background! Fav.

[Carole Sandford]

Stunning shot, great edit!

[Susan Wakely]

Fabulous looking bird.

[Bucktree]

Amazing colorful bird. Looks fantastic against the background.

[Desi]

Fabulous

[LManning (Laura)]

Fabulous!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Beautiful bird I love the colors, nicely processed

[KoalaGardens🐨]

sensational - both the bird and the capture

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Awesome shot

[George]

Amazing plumage.

[Babs]

What a gorgeous bird and excellent editing. fav.

[narayani]

Great shot of this gorgeous bird

[Joanne Diochon]

Just wow! usually the male birds are showier than the female but it's hard to imagine how he could be fancier the she is.

[Heather]

A great capture and presentation of this amazing bird! Fav

[Kathy A]

Such a cool looking bird

[Junan Heath]

Fantastic shot!

[Rick]

Awesome capture.

[Diana]

@k9photo @seattlite @marlboromaam @nannasgotitgoingon @beryl @grammyn @amarante @wh2021 @olivetreeann @cutekitty @lisab514 @mittens @kchuk @bluemoon @joansmor @cindymc @carole_sandford @wakelys @dkellogg @seacreature @ljmanning @365projectorgchristine @koalagardens @elisasaeter @gaf005 @onewing @narayani @gardencat @365projectorgheatherb @kjarn @paintdipper @rickster549 Thanks for the fabulous comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@gardencat Funny enough Joanne, the male looks the same as you will soon see :-)

[Christina]

Oh wow!

[Chris Cook]

What a great capture of this lovely queen

[Jennifer Eurell]

She certainly pops against your background. What an amazing bird.

[Issi Bannerman]

A Queen indeed!

[Rob Z]

Fabulous image...

[*lynn]

Nice!

[Kerry McCarthy]

Wonderful!

[Diana]

@christinav @cdcook48 @jeneurell @jamibann @robz @lynnz @mccarth1 Thanks for the lovely comments :-)