I saw this bird in our block and quite get interested. I'm not sure if its a parrot or cacatu anyway its a bird. I'm happy on my conversion in black and white.
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Your buddy is indeed an African Grey parrot and they're amongst the smartest of all parrots; I gave you an 8 in voting. They also have wonderful grey tones in their feathers, which you managed to capture quite well and which translated to b/w nicely. Like the tilt of the head and comp, though the top of the head/beak is a tad bleachy - ISO 200 may have been enough to get all the detail, or it could have been burned out as this was an Advanced challenge. The contrasty background offsets the bird very well, very yin/yang. The focus on the eye is great, as it needs to be in an image like this.
Only real nitpick I can see is the shallow dof. Most lenses aren't at their best wide-open. If you can, try reshooting with a deeper dof and a slower shutter speed - he's clearly not afraid of you and he's on a perch, he's not in flight, 1/640 should be fine. Have fun!
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