Hi

 

I have taken good quality pictures of each baby in hope that someone will know the genetics.

 

1. Jock - Normal green

 

2. Leroy - Normal green

 

3. Spengle - Spangle green

 

4. Rocky - Opaline spangle green

 

5. Chess - Green normal

 

6. Checkers - Grey green opaline

 

If you wouldnt mind just put the number - gender or name - gender

Thanks very much

Edited November 1, 200816 yr by pearce

Have you used the flash on your camera ?

yes. If I dont use flash it is extremley blurry.

You need to do cere pictures without flash or it stops the colour being seen as it truly is. When sexing a budgie the true cere colour is needed. For right now both Jock and Leroy look like hens and so do all the others. Try again tomorrow with NO FLASH :hug:

My camera cant take no flash photos...

Thanks for your help.

They all look like girls to me, but it's hard to know from pics... and my philosophy always tends to be "when in doubt it's a hen" lol

if it cant take no flash pics then put a couple of pices of tape on the flash :hug:

 

good luck

When you are using a macro setting and need to use flash take the babies next to the sunlight if possible, put the tape on the camera and then close the button down 1/2 way that will then give the camera time to auto focus all digital cameras have this feature pretty much. As Kaz says they all look like hens because of the flash.

okay Thanks everyone I will try again tomorow without the flash.

When I try use the flash everything comes out extremley blurry. Should I be using the macro setting? All I want to do is take photos of birds, that is all the camera is used for. My camera is an olympus mju 410, does anyone have one of these? Any tips would be great.

 

Elly - So once I cover the flash with black duck tape do I push the trigger button down half way? Then it auto focuses and I push it down all the way?

 

THanks very much

Yes if you have your camera set where you can see it on the view finder then you should see it blurry and then focus in do some practice round first all camera do this on close up even far away shots.

well if you press the button with the arrow pointing right with the squiggly arrow next to it, it will give you setting for the flash go down to the one which has the squiggly arrow and a line through it meaning no flash, then you wont have any flash, then to use macro press the left button with the flower on it, on the screen it will comee up with some options, press down once, then okay and it should be on macro, now your ready to take the photo, secure the baby in position (lol), then press the shutter button half way down, wait for it to beep or make a green square on the screen, check the screen to see if the photo is going to be clear, then push it fully down, now you should get a nice clear photo.

 

also if the shots you take are blurry, i would suggest checking if the lens is dity, if it is just clean it with a lint free cloth and vwola!

 

hope this helps,

 

good luck :rofl:

Here are the flash instructions - go to page 72 --- > HERE

 

Hope that hepls. the Macro settings are given a few pages before too :rofl:

Thank you very much everyone.

 

I tried the no flash method and only pushing the shutter down half way and it worked.

 

**Liv** I downloaded the manual and it is great, I have been trying to find the manual for a while. Thanks.

 

Here are the new pictures WITHOUT flash. Some are still a little blurry..

 

Checkers

 

Chess

 

Jock

 

Leroy

 

Rocky

 

Spengle

 

 

Thanks very much everyone

Awww they look great! Very cute! good luck with them. I have no idea if they are male or female but they look great!

They all look like hens still

Everyone of them hens?

Thats excellent thanks

Has anyone got a photo of a male at that age so a newbie like me can see the difference??

Has anyone got a photo of a male at that age so a newbie like me can see the difference??

We have lots of photos in our sexing budgies section and an article I just wrote on sexing baby budgies

Females are supposed to have white circles around their nostrils and males are supposedt to have bright pink ceres right? I cant notice any white circles around rocky or chesses cere

Females are supposed to have white circles around their nostrils and males are supposedt to have bright pink ceres right? I cant notice any white circles around rocky or chesses cere

Its not just about white circles...its about colour.

CheckersChessJockLeroyRockySpengle

Here are some baby boy ceres.............

 

 

 

 

Edited November 2, 200816 yr by KAZ

Wow, so much to learn!! I can't tell them apart!