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It's so beautiful. 
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Thank you, I used my favourite lens the Canon EF 100mm Macro f2.8
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You're welcome.
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No problem, what lens, what aperture, what shutter speed? These are the questions that we should all be asking. How else are we to learn?
Unfortunately there are some on here who will not share this information but most people are only too willing to help. In fact it's by asking these questions that made me buy this lens in the first place
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true,true.
Mostly they are uncivil,surly people who doesn't like to help other, but luckly there are many helpful and kind people also.
Yeah, talking with some photographers it helps me to find the best camera, lens for me.
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Absolutely, there are so many really helpful people on here only too willing to help
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The Colours are beautiful!!!
I love it ! Nice work
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Did you use a long lens with a good zoom, or was this one tame? What kinda bird is it by the way?
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I used my favourite lens the Canon EF 100mm Macro f2.8, so I was quite close to this captive bird. As for what type of bird it is, if you read the comments below you will see that several people have been trying to help with it's identification.
The favourite at the moment is a Red-billed Magpie
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First of all, beautiful capture! Very crisp and vibrant, the details of the facial feathers is astounding
Second: as for the identification, I think ~turtle-rn got it right, bird does look like a Red-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha). However, *namu-the-orca could be right too, albeit partially. It isn't a Common Blackbird, but the bird in this photo does look like being partially leucistic, hence the pied appearance. A third option I offer is that the bird in this picture could be a juvenile molting to its final plumage. Young birds often take mottled appearances while they get their adult plumage, but without the rest of the body is hard to tell. Hope this helps
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Thank you so much, I'm really pleased with the level of detail that has remained in sharp focus (more by luck than skill though)
As for the identification, though, I'm clearly out of my league. Like I said before I really wish that I had taken a shot of the whole bird, it would have made identification so much easier (I normally take a shot of the whole bird first, no matter how bad just as a reference shot but in this case I was only interested in a close-up)
Thanks again for your efforts in helping to try to identify this bird
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You're welcome!
Don't worry, I've been in that kind of situation too: sometimes one gets too wrapped up into getting a crisp shot of some piece of detail that you forget to capture the rest... and then can't remember what did the complete object look like XD
In the identification department... I'm not in my usual grounds either. I'm more acquainted with american birds than anything else and I hadn't seen this bird before. I had to search for good pictures for both the magpie and the blackbird to make a comparison before I decided to post my comment, hehe.
Anytime!
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Thanks for taking the time to look
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I'm going with Turtle-rn as well. Red billed blue magpie, especially because in the other photo the blue wings, and traces of the black hood are more visible. Also, they have been known to go mottled on their head like this : [link] and [link]
And if you look at the beak and eyerings, everything matches perfectly.
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Thank you, it does look like a very good match. I don't remember a tail like that but then again I was only looking to get a very close-up shot of the head so I wasn't paying that much attention
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I'm sorry, I have to disagree with Namu-the-orca, the beak is proportionally too short and thick for a Turdus species. Plus, based on the other photo, the head/body relative proportion is indicative of a more massive bird. My guess (especially on the second pic) is a Red Billed Magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha) with only a partial discoloration of the head. What is visible on the other pic suggests that the rest of the body is not affected.
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Haha, well, you got me corrected there 
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You're welcome. 
Actually, the biggest clue it wasn't a common blackbird is that not many wildlife parks would bother with that species.
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It could have been a bird walking around on the sidewalks there
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Thank you, I do wish I'd taken a shot of the whole bird, it would made it great deal easier
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Hi there! You're beautiful work has been featured in my journal this week!
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Thank you for the feature, my thoughts are with you and your family at this difficult time
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woooooooooww hello close up in deed !! beautiful though
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I believe this is a Common blackbird (Turdus merula) [link] with a rare form of discolouration 
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Thank you so much for your very comprehensive response, together with such lovely examples of this condition. It's not what I would have expected but it certainly does fit with the shape of the bird, (difficult to see in this shot) the beak and the eye
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You're very welcome
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I've up-loaded this [link] to help you to see more of the bird. Hope it helps.
I only took close-up shots of this bird because I was trying to get a shot for the 'Close-up' competition at the Birds-Club Group. So this is the best shot that I have of it that shows the whole bird. Hope this helps
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Hmm, it is an odd-looking bird for sure - such a shame you don't have more complete photos; I guess it would clear things up a bit
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Yes it is an odd case, normally I would take a shot of the whole bird in it's environment as a reference shot but because I was specifically after a close-up shot I didn't get anything near showing the whole bird.
Thanks for taking the time to look and try to help
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What a vivid and crisp photo of a gorgeous bird!
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How pretty! Beautiful colors and I love the detail!
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Welcome! Beautiful picture and you have a great gallery! So many wonderful shots!
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So kind of you to say, thank you
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