Shard

Beautiful colours. Like a still from the film "Rio"!

Middle picture is nicely composed (and a pleasing shallow depth) but the focus on the bird seems ever so slightly off...or is a lower res pic online?

Stinkypup

I just grabbed one of the ones I had- you should post a selfie ..Ol' Eagle eyes!- well spotted
I actually like the last one - panning trickier to do than one thinks

Stinkypup

I won a competition once as a young pup on Magpie- I won the smallest conker submitted competition- no, not a euphemism

Shard

Do you Instagram? I've only recently joined and am so impressed with the quality and content of some people's photos. I don't post myself, but I occasionally 'like' a photo and have a collection of other's people's beautiful photos. It's great platform and after years of avoiding it, I now see what all the fuss is about.

Stinkypup

I did, then have been trying to log back into my count with not much success!
It does seem to be the way forward, a lot of photographers do use Instagram- Flickr was popular but has virtually lost most support.
I really must try and get back into it--originally, it was really just to take phone shots, square photos and put them up but now a lot of people use their DSLRs, the format is no longer compulsory square--mineSLR doesn't have wireless so it isn't that straightforward unfortunately -I am, inherently lazy!

Shard

Good point on Flickr. It's funny how very similar functionality can somehow be hijacked by a new app with slightly different formatting. Or maybe it was the filters initially. When you look back in people's feed, back near the start (2-3 years back) so many of the photos were filtered. Not so much now. Also, I suppose Flickr was more for general photo sharing whereas IG seems to be for showing off.

BristolUK

What no Blue Peter badge?

Stinkypup

Hell no, watchers of each programme hated the others with a vengeance

BristolUK

I can't be the only male who watched BP and wanted to watch Susan Stranks.

Stinkypup

Yep fraid so... Michaela Strachan however . Wacaday


Timmy Mallett ..... Now there is a tw@t of the first order.. Apparently he is a talented artist.. Sadly not a great presenter... Michaela however......Really Wild Show.. sorry Snoop

BristolUK

Fred and Bob walked into a restaurant.

"What's that parrot doing over there?" says Bob.

"That's not a parrot, it's a toucan" says Fred.

"A toucan?" questions Bob.

"Yes" says Fred. "They're having a toucan dine special today."

I thank you.

BristolUK

Okay, where's my prize for that joke?

Siouxie

Here you go

BristolUK

Thanks...now if one of those birds could just lay an egg into it we can call it an egg cup.

BEVS

I have a couple of pics from when we went to Stradbroke Island a couple of weeks ago.
Not so exotic I suppose but there were a lovely lot of birds from all over the place.

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