Close-up
I find it very interesting when I see close-up photos of birds. We are used to see them in reality and photos mostly in full body and surrounded by all kinds of backgrounds.
I still think that when we see the birds eye to eye, something changes within our minds, the fact that they’re not just pretty colored creatures that adorn our gardens. In fact they are species of real breathing animals and we should care for them as much as we care for our dogs and cats.
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”- Aristotle
Bald Eagle
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
Ostrich
White Stork
All photographs are © H.J. Ruiz – Avian 101
H.J. Ruiz - Avian101 
Great close-ups, H.J. I enjoyed them.
Thanks Bob! 🙂
Yes!…most important in bird pics is that a pic is sharp in the eye,
That’s a good measure used by most photographers of birds. Thanks Risto, good comment! 🙂
Great portraits HJ.
Thanks Dave! 🙂