Elly

He is a cutie. Honestly with that type of pose it is hard to tell you need to take a picture of him on sitting on the perch, his front and back and if you can natural light is best so the flash doesn't wash out his coloration and we can help you better. Also make sure you resize your pictures to 450x450 that is the only way they will stay displayed as picture or else they will be turned to links, how to do this is right above the Budgie Picture forum. Welcome

I am sure the experts will be here many are sleeping, Norm usually comes on around the time or you can PM him. The crack is a slight or just totally cracked? I believe if it is a small facture it can actually be fixed.

Beautiful pictures You don't want to crop you want to resize there is a difference. Cropping is taking off part of the picture, resizing is keeping the original picture and having less pixels to make the picture. Click here it will tell you exactly how to go about it BBC How to Post Pictures it is very simple once you get the hang of it. If you need help feel free to PM any of our Global Moderators.

have fun , look forward to pictures.

SLR and digitals are 2 different cameras but yes I understand the digital part of the SLR I think I forgot that part right (Laughing out loud)... I had an Olympus back when I was younger before digitals came out I absolutely loved it but here is the kicker I bought 3 Olympus in a row because I loved the quality and guess what they all broke within 3 years all for different reasons, ticked me OFF and I called the company and they basically said toughed. It was not user error either. I am glad I was thinking right. Tim had said did you get the type with the interchangeable lense. I said no because the ones that we could afford right now would be the lower quality and I would rather get high quality digital he got it. ''I would love to have an SLR camera but it doesn't even fit my needs it would be more because I would want it (Laughing out loud) plus you have to know what you are doing with these camera it is not a point and shoot. It is a waste if you don't know how to use the camera correctly especially considering the amount you pay for it. I do take good advice seriously and remember it and I have to thank you for all the good advice. When I went to look for a camera I just kept thinking of those 2 key things that you had mentioned to me. It made me also feel that I made a good decision when I found this site and said that Panasonic was an excellent camera for zooming. The picture I took of the squirrels nest is in our woods which are 50 feet from our house and in a Popular Tree which are about 40ft high that nest was on the tippy top so I am very impressed with the picture. The robin I posted under the feathers friends contest was right out our window and you can't even tell that there was a window between so I was happy. I still have to work with it though on the manual settings my biggest challenage is indoor picture & indoor sports pictures. I am going to see if I can use the PANNING mode and get Merlin in flight that is an excellent way to check out that mode .

I really love his markings, on am with Feathers on this too that is what I was thinking. Pretty's cere had those white nasal rings too and he was a boy...time will tell though

Oh thank you, thank you I love the beautiful birds that AU has, your landscaping is gorgeous, we have a pool too but not in use hehe....will have to post pool pics in the summer. I love the last picture you 2 are a beautiful couple

I really the the first one and his fluffed feathers on his head, they are both beautiful birds.

take the advice given and keep a very watchful eye on her behavior that was the was one of the signs when Pretty got sick was very watery poos.

What a cute...

very nice Kaz, I have missed your daily blogs.

Just to pop in and said you have received good advice and good luck getting rid of the vistors...I just hate anything that is mites, fleas....

How cool, I love reading your posts and your amazing journey as you get closer and closer to becoming a vet. I watch an intern vet show it is so interesting but I had a hard time watching the stomach get pumped on a dog he ate a whole choc. cake. Keep up the good work, continue the pictures and the experiences

excellent deb, look forward to seeing the pictures

I agree 2 boys, Kaz was talking to me about the pied ceres in males in double factors dominant pieds.

closes up are usually done by a macro setting, if you have the manual look under macro setting once you can set that correctly they are pretty simple , and usually the camera will have an auto focus so you set it to macro and then push the shutter button 1/2 way down and let it adjust then snap the picture.I posted my pictures and you can see the quality difference, the first 2 pics of Niketa pulling are with the old camera the other pictures are the new camera, though I have to set I think the ISO or something better because the snow was a bit bluish in a couple pictures even though I had it on snow mode.

I went with a Digital and figured if I could get a high quality Digital that was affordable it would be better then a cheaper SLR, I hope I was right in my thinking there. According to the website, the FZ series Panasonics which I got work very much like the SLR and they hold settings needed as you zoom in and out which is cool. Aly I got a Panasonic and it does have a Leica lense in it. I have to get my manual setting together though so when I take my pictures everything is flowing together. I understand the concept of the features just making them go together where they are 2nd nature when I am in the different events. The first camera they recommended for me was an Olympus but I decided against it because it didn't have a rechargable system (which I remember you said get a camera that has their own rechargeable battery) vs having to buy double AA's which is which this one required. It is silly to have to keep paying and paying for batteries. This battery holds a charge for up to 250 pics take or give too because I also have the video/sound with it which I also found interesting that you can get camera's just with video and no sound. I did it through the different review sites they of course direct you to affiliates that have the cameras cheaper then an actual dealer or conventional store so I did go that route and made sure I went with one with good rates, reviews and have been around for a awhile vs just the cheapest price and I got a warrenty on it too. So I am off to play in the snow and work on pictures outside (which isn't hard (Laughing out loud) because outside pics are the simplest), will work on action pictures.

A lot of members lately have been dealing with overweight birds, talking about boredom, feather plucking (first determine there is no underlying disease as this is not very common in budgies) and more so I PINNED this to the top. It is excellent information and you can also add ideas, pictures etc...on how you create a foraging type enviroment for your birds. Remember this is what they do in the wild so by recreating what they already naturally do stimulates their mind and body.

You don't have to give them less food but what you can do is make them work more for their food by letting them forage for some of their food, placing food dishes in areas that promotes them to climb up and down to get their food. For example, if you put their food lower it promotes them to climb up and down bars to get the food or fly up and down vs putting it level with the majority of their perches. Food foraging is a excellent way for them to use up energy stored by moving around, looking for food etc... Therefore you are not putting any of your light weights in danger and giving your heavy weights something to do. Also more nutritional food and cutting out fatty food will help too (you may already do that) just like humans I am sure some birds are more prepostioned to gain weight vs others. I hope that helps. Here is the link on Captive Foragin (this is a topic started by a BBC Member) in fact I am going to PIN because I have been getting this question a lot about weight, boredom etc... Captive Foraging BBC Link

I have had camera after camera and my husband got me a camera for Christmas which I took back :rip: and decided to invest in a higher quality digital camera. My goal was to get good indoor pictures at different events for my kids and at the same time take good quality sport pictures and close ups of my pets etc... So I went to a review website and put in what I wanted out of a camera along with a price range and it came up over and over with the same camera so I went for it. I remember Aly aka Feathers words a camera is only as good as it's lense so I kept that in mind . So now I have a camera with bells and whistles so to speak but how the heck do I take good pictures. I had the manual but I still didn't understand everything. So I went on a search and found this awesome website Easy Photography which provides information you need to know about taking good pictures with a camera that just has auto focus, to those with manual focus and even those that are higher dynamic cameras. I am determined to learn this camera but I have already found with the simple easy tips that he gives that I am getting better pictures and I am learning. So I wanted to share this site with you if you are interested in learning how to use the camera you have to get better quality pictures or if you have a camera with manual setting how to set the setting in different situations. So lets hope my pictures come out nicer like some of our awesome picture takers like Feathers, Bea and more...

No we love when you post I just feel that the FAQ are not utilized enough and there is so much info...but always ask and (coughs) bother us when you feel (just kidding ) Here is the FAQ Budgie Rings

Excellent points there Liv and I agree. On another note congrats on your newest addition, we have a great FAQ on sexing your budgie with good pictures so if you want to review that to see if you can determine you do have boys that would help you out. Look forward to seeing pics.

what a clan, wonderful pics and Fizzy looks so handsome all grown up.

There is a really good FAQ about leg rings too

yes that is were all the good protien is for them and as Kaz said daily great job