I have a DSLR and I can't make it take pictures like that... even with a macro lens.... WOW!!!!

 

 

I wish I was half as talented as you are!!

http://littlegreendarcyaviary.t35.com/spec...slightgreen.jpg

this is a opaline tbc. as i was trying to explain, the wings do not get affeced by the TBC gene (only the fights) so they show the the normal colouring of the body (if the bird was a normal)

Edited March 28, 200916 yr by *Nerwen*

So is this an opaline tcb?

 

Because that is what the site says.

The part that confuses me isn't the wings, it's the light barring on the neck - isn't that part of the opaline markings? Or is that part of the TCB also?

So is this an opaline tcb?

 

Because that is what the site says.

Yes

The part that confuses me isn't the wings, it's the light barring on the neck - isn't that part of the opaline markings? Or is that part of the TCB also?

 

 

Is that called opalescence?

The part that confuses me isn't the wings, it's the light barring on the neck - isn't that part of the opaline markings? Or is that part of the TCB also?

 

 

Is that called opalescence?

Muddy opaline.....we aim for a clear v section between the wings on opalines. Very few acchieve it.

Oh okay I see, Thanks kaz.

What is that weird perch made of and why ?

Is it one of them grit perches for the birds to grind their feet on?

I've read cement perches are bad so I've never used one personally.

some sort of perch like that pearce yes.

 

i might start to seem like a pain here, but WHY is everyone saying opaline?

Edited March 29, 200916 yr by *Nerwen*

some sort of perch like that pearce yes.

 

i might start to seem like a pain here, but WHY is everyone saying opaline?

Opaline is about a picture of a bird that Pearce posted....not the other bird.

It's shell, and they only have one of them... don't worry, they're not all like that.. I knew someone would comment

 

Basically the store didn't have any plain perches, and my cage didn't have any - so I grabbed them until I could go collecting branches

 

I need to make up some dowel perches as "spares" so that doesn't happen again.

 

Maurie likes his though, he spends most of his time on the normal perches, but occasionally he jumps down and has a chew. I wouldn't make it so that they had to stand on those all day, it's more of a chew toy than a perch - they don't spend much time standing on them. I also intend to swap them out a fair bit.

 

If they're flat out bad, I will remove them.. but it was just all I had until I could get some branches.

Emma, with your photography skills we would be able to pick a newborn feather mite on the eyelash on one of your budgies........if there was one there :)

Emma, with your photography skills we would be able to pick a newborn feather mite on the eyelash on one of your budgies........if there was one there

 

 

:rofl:

 

I love those close-up shots, especially of birds. Feathers are fascinating.

 

Are the shell & concrete type perches detrimental? They don't spend much of their time on them, and like to chew on them. But honestly if you guys say they're terrible, I will take them out tomorrow.

 

health > money

Oops, I lied.

 

Maurie has a SHELL type (yellow) - rarely sits on it, but sometimes hops down and has a (vigorous!) chew on it.

 

The girls have a CEMENT type (blue) - basically covered in little flat/rounded pebbles.

 

Both cages have other types of perches so the birds aren't spending much time on the shell/cement ones.

 

I think I'd be more concerned about them spending too much time on the shell ones (being a bit more lumpy), but as I said he uses it more as a chew toy than something to stand on. The cement/pebble ones are actually quite smooth - you'd think they would be lumpy and uncomfortable but they have quite an even and smooth surface.

 

I wouldn't want to use them as the only type of perch though. It'd be like walking on pebblecrete all day - it's okay for a little while but if you're doing it all day it starts to pinch. For now I have made it so that the dowel and branches are higher in the cage so that they favour those, and the shell/cement ones are only used occasionally.

 

But again, if someone tells me that they will injure my birds, I'll ditch them. Are they alright if used in moderation and aren't the ones that the birds spend 80% of their time on?

okay, I took the girls outside for some good light. I agree the blue is violet now, she definitely has a purply tinge, especially up around the shoulders. The camera just doesn't capture it properly though.

 

Miss blue:

 

 

 

This is how quiet and docile they are and how close I can photograph them (in fact they nibbled the camera at one point).

 

 

 

Miss yellow:

 

 

She is an amazing, striking, canary yellow.

 

 

 

and her tail:

 

 

 

You have a very good camera.. all I have is my camera phone

wow girl you sure can take a good shot

and your birds are beautiful i love them both the dom more but i love doms

dont ever stop your photo taking and kaz the coffee table book i totally say a winner i also would buy one try doing pics for people of their pets you can get a good bit of extra cash that way and you dont need to charge much and pics like thoughs word of mouth will travle everyone will want your pics of their pets

i know i would and i do photos for people now and then myself yours **** all over mine

Emma I know this is off topic but I got a few questions about your camera..

 

I love photography myself but I've never owned a digital camera in my life.. all I've ever used is the SLR camera at my school when I was studying photography in high school and it wasn't digital either and all we could take was black and white photos which I love too. But now all I can use is my camera phone which takes very low quality pictures! So I've been looking for a good camera that isn't so expensive.. and it looks like yours is a very good one.

 

You said you own a Canon Powershot A610.. How many megapixels? what about Zoom? and what's the shutter speed? did you buy any extra lenses?

 

And I agree with you.. your composition is very good

 

composition skills and a good camera equals beautiful pictures

My camera is a few years old now I think, but I have used several powershots over time and they are all excellent. I don't know what model is the current one, but they keep getting better over time, judging by the later models I have used at work. My mother has one that is a year ahead of mine, and then the camera I have here at work is from last year, and all three have been excellent.

 

Oops, y'know what, come to think of it, I think I took some or all of the budgie pics on my mother's camera because mine was out of batteries! But the other wildlife photos are from my own. My camera is due for an upgrade soon, I think.

 

When I get home I will pull out some of the details of both for you - I'm not sure of the specs off the top of my head

My camera is a few years old now I think, but I have used several powershots over time and they are all excellent. I don't know what model is the current one, but they keep getting better over time, judging by the later models I have used at work. My mother has one that is a year ahead of mine, and then the camera I have here at work is from last year, and all three have been excellent.

 

Oops, y'know what, come to think of it, I think I took some or all of the budgie pics on my mother's camera because mine was out of batteries! But the other wildlife photos are from my own. My camera is due for an upgrade soon, I think.

 

When I get home I will pull out some of the details of both for you - I'm not sure of the specs off the top of my head

 

 

Okay Thank You

Sorry if I'm off the mark here coz I've come in on the tail end of the conversation on opalines and now it's gone to cameras BUT......... did we decide if Emma's TBC girl was opaline or not coz it definitely is an opaline. Emma, there are some easy ways to tell if it's opaline or not even if the mutation washes body colour.

 

Many breeders put opaline through TBC as it clears the body colour that bit more, reducing suffusion so you will commonly find it in this mutation.

 

So some ways to easliy tell opaline from normals:

 

Tail colour flash is a givaway, opalines have it, normals do not. Even with no body colour such as lacewings the opalines will have a yellow colour flash through the cinnamon tail where the normals will only have plain cinnamon tail.

 

Cinnamon Opaline Light Green

 

Cinnamon Normal Light Green

 

 

 

Barring on head is defined on normals and very fine and less defined on opalines. Just about all the opalines these days do NOT have the clear V mantle as described in books and standard.

 

Opaline Green (Yellow) Fallow

 

Normal Green (Yellow) Fallow

 

Side by side the comparison on the barred markings is a bit easier too. Sorry about the focus on the cage bars

 

 

For comparison a normal TBC and an Opaline TBC (both Grey Greens). You can see that the suffusion on the normal TBC is somewhat stronger than that of the Oplaine.

 

Normal

 

Opaline

That is an excellent explanation nubbly5. I can definitly see the difference between the tcb opaline and the tcb normal.

Wow !! Nubbly....great examples...love your presentations