"Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him"
by Tammster

Comment by tanguera:
Beautiful bird, but this, like the other parrot, need some context to be "piraty".

"Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him"
by Tammster

Comment by giantmike:
Good job capturing the fine details in the feathers and the personality of the bird in this shot.

"Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him"
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Comment by gadion:
Nice colors.

"Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him"
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Comment by CNovack:
Great and wonderful details and fabulous color on this pet portrait of this parrot. It is far above average in the technicals - color, details, and clarity. However, it needed that extra boost IN THE picture itself to have a strong connection to the pirate challenge. The connection you make to pirates is in the title and I am one who fully believes that a stronger composition would be "show, don't tell". One possibility would be showing the bird on a persons shoulder with a treat being held out to the bird with a hook 'hand; would have shown a stronger connection to pirates. The title should complement not carry the shot. As I stated earlier, this is a great animal portrait and would score well in a challenge so themed. Unfortunately, I cannot give this full marks for it fails to show a strong connection to the theme...but I will still rate it slighty above average.

"Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him"
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Comment by love:
Hate the title but the image is good.

"Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him"
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Comment by FrankRobinson:
Excellent parrot portrait. Nuff said!

"Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him"
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Comment by Balko:
gorgeous macaw 9

"Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him"
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Comment by beckydi:
Nice photo and I see that the title draws it into the category of Pirates, but I don't think this photo necessarily fits the subject.

"Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him"
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Comment by Tabby:
Colors! Beautiful colors.

At rest
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Comment by Tabby:
I love the patterns on both the giraffe and post. Very nicely edited!