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Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
Location: Lower Hutt, Wellington , New Zealand
Date: Oct 11, 2007
Date Uploaded: Oct 11, 2007

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 Approx a year ago we inherited my in laws 2 cockatiels as they were shifting somewhere not appropriate for birds.

They are 2 boys called Bill and Ben ( not very original! )

This is Bill he is the much more outgoing sociable one. He loves to interact with us and has a very demanding wolf whistle which means he wants someone to come and talk to him.
Ben is much more tuneful and when is in full throttle sounds lovely , he is starting to get braver. While he does'nt seek our company like Bill does he does fly away now when we walk past his cage.

They came with a pretty flash cage and they have a nice spot which gets the afternoon sun and is sheltered fron the worst of the weather their sides get put up at night.

Any tips on how to get a picture without the wire would be appreciated

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 10/14/2007 11:45:32 PM
Pretty perfect IMO.....
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 10/13/2007 02:33:51 AM
we love birds .. especially ones like this .. we had a Budgerigar which is called something else in america .. and he brought us so much joy and laughter .. he had a huge vocabulary .. his name was 'the little bird' .. he died at 8 years old last year .. he used to fly around the house and miss us by inches .. :)
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 10/12/2007 06:42:48 PM
I'm fascinated about how personal birds get with people. I've never had one, or had the privilege of getting close to one, but I'd love to.

The only thing that works as far as getting rid of the wires is to wait until the bird is at the back of the cage, then put your camera right up practically ON the wires and zoom past them. But if the cage is too small, then you may not be able to do it because you will be too close, but I do that at the zoo alot. I use my zoom and put the lens right up on the cage's wires.

Good luck!!!!

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 10/12/2007 04:13:09 PM
Yes, Bill looks like the proverbial caged bird. But the gray cage wire works well with his plumage. I suppose they are not hand tame? Other than you putting the camera into the cage or taking the bird out of the cage I wouldn't have any wise ideas how to avoid getting the wires in the photo.

But that aside - love the photo and the story. Probably the more you talk to them, the more Ben will come around.
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 10/11/2007 09:03:43 AM
Hmm, I know there were a couple of threads in the forums that dealt with bars/cages at zoos, you could try searching the forum for "zoo" or "cage" maybe. That being said, I think you've captured Bill well - the focus is on him and not the mesh.
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 10/11/2007 06:16:16 AM
I don't think you can with this small mesh and him sitting so close to it. When the mesh is a bit bigger and he's sitting further back, if you focus on the bird the mesh is so out of focus to be almost unnoticeable. Can you go in the cage with them?
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