show me a photo (of a bird) - mating pigeons!
'MATING BIRDS' was the prompt this week, and Pigeons again come to resque me! I have a photo (s series of 6 photos to be presise) that match perfectly. Its a mating... and a very romantic one. Emotions are flowing all over the frame!
Below is uncropped version of the same photo.
A few words about this session. On October day back in 2007 (almost the same day when 'In Rainbows' LP was released, by the way) my wife and me were on a walk outside of the city, at Pavlovsk - Russian emperor's palace and the park residence. I was not into bird photography then, but I took our 70-300mm telephoto lens cause we planned to catch some squirrels (and luckily, we did! but I am not supposed to share squirrels in the feathered friends community, right?..) We walked, feeded squirrels, feeded some nice quirky tit, enjoyed all the dead leaves and the mist and the nature's dying mood... AND.
All of a sudden, we stumbled upon this pigeons pair - which were seriously taking care of each other. I even didnt use the 300mm focal length - all the shots done literally from hands distance (exif says it is 100mm). Isnt it sweet?!
The said small black-headed tit.
This post goes for 'Show me your photo (of a bird)' contest, round 14! This week the topic was 'MATING BIRDS'. Check the rules and details to take part, they are pretty standard:
- weekly challenge, new prompt is published on Sunday;
- link back your entry in the comment section of the contest post;
- photo should be your own, obviously;
- post it in #FeatheredFriends community;
- your post may feature more photos, just state which one is your entry (otherwise 1st will be taken into account);
- drop some extra text description;
- mention the contest name in the title of your post.
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What an attractive photo, with the beautiful colors of that loving couple! The crush between the pigeons, with their seductive cooing, is a situation that will always be very striking. Greetings, @qwerrie.
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thank you, thank you! @josemalavem - compliments about my photos' color are the best complimants for me. truly the best. thank you very much for the kind words, they are very much appreciated!!
You can feel the love vibes watching this pigeon couple.
And feeding the little birdie from a hand is just awesome.
I like your edit, very nicely done.
exactly so! vibes, thats a good word! glad you like it.
This I loved. All the magic we can get from a photo. Excellent work and very special the bird eating from the hand. Really very special.
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Great photos, but I'm laughing that you remember the date by the Radio head release! I often add a squirrel photo to my Feathered Friends posts. You can't be out taking bird photos without cute rodent showing up!
ok, next time I will do the same ;) but my squirrel pictures amount is by 10 times more limited, then feathered friends :))))) - !ENGAGE 15, thanks for this kind special permission 😍
As long as the post has some birds it qualifies for Feathered Friends. It doesn't have to be 100% birds... Or 100% Shadows for Shadow Hunters
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ENGAGEtokens.I like doves.
Because I also nurture a lot here.