Author Topic: Finally got that parrot out of my darkroom. (Read 3305 times)

Stu · « **on:** May 20, 2011, 11:53:43 AM »

Hello again,

I sacrificed my darkroom to house our latest new addition, Papagallo. She's a parrot.

She creates more dust than anything else on earth and therefore is not photography's friend.
Now she's 1 year old, we've moved her downstairs and I can use my darkroom again. Toot toot!

I know you're all dog people, but this is a close as I've got to one, so here she is...
(Leica M2, 50mm Summilux. PanF 50, 60/1,4)

Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #1 on:** May 20, 2011, 11:58:43 AM »

She is beautiful! I love parrots.

African Grey?

A work colleague of mine had one, if you wistled life on the ocean waves he would do a little jig!

Stu · « **Reply #2 on:** May 20, 2011, 12:15:27 PM »

Ha. They're funny.
She is indeed an African Grey.

At the moment, she whistles 'Pop Goes the Weasel', a cartoon bomb falling and says 'I'm a good boy!'
(Slightly upsetting that we taught her that before we sent her feathers off for DNA gender testing.)

Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #3 on:** May 20, 2011, 12:35:01 PM »

OKay, I want one again.

Perhaps you can teach her to imitate various shutter sounds or perhaps a motordrive?

calbisu · « **Reply #4 on:** May 20, 2011, 12:59:39 PM »

Quote from: Phil Bebbington on May 20, 2011, 12:35:01 PM

OKay, I want one again.

Perhaps you can teach her to imitate various shutter sounds or perhaps a motordrive?

Suzi Livingstone · « **Reply #5 on:** May 20, 2011, 01:10:38 PM »

Actually I'm a cat person but I like parrots too

Late Developer · « **Reply #6 on:** May 20, 2011, 01:13:57 PM »

Looks like a "Norwegian Blue" to me............

calbisu · « **Reply #7 on:** May 20, 2011, 01:16:55 PM »

I think cats also like parrots

Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #8 on:** May 20, 2011, 03:23:31 PM »

Amazing! Bird sounds from the lyre bird - David Attenborough - BBC wildlife

1.54 will be the bit that Papagallo might enjoy!

astrobeck · « **Reply #9 on:** May 20, 2011, 05:25:19 PM »

she is a beauty, but big congrats on getting your darkroom back in order!

Jeff Warden · « **Reply #10 on:** May 20, 2011, 05:55:10 PM »

What a great looking bird!

We had a yellow headed amazon when I was a kid. He would say his name lyrically, "Corky". Corky's a pretty bird, Merry Christmas, Corky wants a cracker, etc.

His favorite thing to do was whistle "shave-and-a-haircut, two-bits". He would whistle it properly the first few times, and then start leaving off the two bits at the end, hoping you would finish it for him. If you wouldn't, he would try and try again, and again. When you finally give him his two bits he would go absolutely mad, flapping, whistling, hanging upside-down, the whole works. It was so damned funny

gothamtomato · « **Reply #11 on:** May 20, 2011, 06:12:10 PM »

I used to know a family that had a parrot, and everyone in the family taught it to say derogatory (but funny) phrases and nicknames about other people in the family. It was pretty funny.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #12 on:** May 20, 2011, 09:06:04 PM »

Welcome back to the darkroom, Stu. What with this post and Francois' recent news along similar lines I'm starting to feel left out.

Francois · « **Reply #13 on:** May 20, 2011, 11:06:26 PM »

You mean you want a bird too

Just kidding

Actually, it is possible to build a darkroom with very little space. I've recently discovered single tray processing. A great space saver.

There's also processing with a color paper drum. A bit more high maintenance but even cheaper on chemistry and you can process in full daylight.

In my darkroom, I have part of a wall that is made from reclaimed plywood (dumpster diving at a bank renovation), another part is actually cardboard from an old futon frame we bought years ago (and also the most uncomfortable bet ever... don't buy them). I used only the cheapest materials. Most of the hardware came from garage sales.

I have a book on darkroom design that includes drawings and pictures of some incredibly small spaces. If you want, I can post them here.

LT · « **Reply #14 on:** May 21, 2011, 08:30:58 AM »

Congrats and welcome back Stu. Great picture of Papagello too.

We've got some clever starlings around here that have learned the noise of our neighbours turning thier car alarms on/ off and our telephone ring - they hang about the gardens making the noise so realistically, it has my checking the phone!

A friend of mine had a budgie in a cage in tbe kitchen which would do the noise of a boiling kettle. That always seemed particularly pointless to me.

Francois · « **Reply #15 on:** May 21, 2011, 03:24:04 PM »

Here, it's the crows that are quite vocal. They imitate squeeking clothes line pulleys, woodpeckers and screeching cats... how and why they do it remains a mystery to me.

astrobeck · « **Reply #16 on:** May 21, 2011, 05:30:27 PM »

Just wanted to add that this subject line is my all time favorite of any I've seen posted here.

"finally got that parrot out of my darkroom"

Love it!

Mike (happyforest) · « **Reply #17 on:** May 21, 2011, 08:40:52 PM »

Just need to get the cuckoo out of my darkroom.

Mike

Francois · « **Reply #18 on:** May 21, 2011, 08:49:11 PM »

Quote from: happyforest on May 21, 2011, 08:40:52 PM

Just need to get the cuckoo out of my darkroom.

You mean you too got one of those awful clocks as a gift?

Mike (happyforest) · « **Reply #19 on:** May 22, 2011, 10:42:14 AM »

Francois

I wish. A cuckoo clock I could hang on the wall or lose somewhere.

This cuckoo has taken over the place and shows no sign of leaving!.

Mike

original_ann · « **Reply #20 on:** May 22, 2011, 04:12:27 PM »

Hooray about your darkroom and what a beautiful capture of your African Grey! Is it just me? ... there is something so charming and funny about bird 'toes'. They always make me smiley.

Francois · « **Reply #21 on:** May 22, 2011, 08:23:47 PM »

There's also very few people that know that birds love being scratched around the neck

Makes them all cuddly inside

And when they want more, they take their beak and wiggle it in between your fingers just like they're trying to clean out your feathers

Thing is the neck area is hard to get to with their beak. Feathers grow in a little straw that they have to crunch in order for the feather to become soft. When you do the job for them, they just love it

Stu · « **Reply #22 on:** May 25, 2011, 02:24:54 PM »

Francois, you're right - I thought you just knew everything about photography... I was wrong.

Thanks for the welcome back folks, I post some more of my darkroom prints when I've remembered how to do it all. It's only been a year but it turns out it's not at all like riding a bike.

Francois · « **Reply #23 on:** May 25, 2011, 03:02:28 PM »

I just know loads of useless stuff and various trivia... that's how geeky I am

Author Topic: Finally got that parrot out of my darkroom. (Read 3305 times)

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