Banner's first bath

[Sachi]

Well, I decided this afternoon when I went home for lunch to try to give Banner his first bath. I picked up a spray bottle on the way home and filled it up with bottled water. I placed him on the tabletop perch that we bought for future training and sprayed the bottle straight up in the air so it would rain down on him. At first I couldn't tell if he liked it or if he was angry, but I think that he did enjoy it.

 

Here are some photos.

 

 

 

I know he doesn't look that wet, but I only have an hour for lunch and didn't want to completely soak him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I put him in his travel cage after we were done with the "shower" - he got some sun and was able to dry off a bit before I put him back in his cage and headed back to work.

 

 

Thanks for looking!

[Luvparrots]

Love the pictures of Banner especially the one with both wings out! He loves his shower, good job!!!!

[FirstPenguin]

Great shots. What are you taking these with?

[Sachi]

I'm a portrait photographer in addition to my day job. For these I used my 5D Mark III along with my walk-around lens - 24-105 f4. Can't wait to give him a bath when my boyfriend's home so I can take some photos while he's being sprayed! To get these the process was: Spray - Drop bottle - Pick up camera and focus as quickly as possible. I'd love to have gotten some of the water falling from the above!

[FirstPenguin]

I'm a portrait photographer in addition to my day job. For these I used my 5D Mark III along with my walk-around lens - 24-105 f4. Can't wait to give him a bath when my boyfriend's home so I can take some photos while he's being sprayed! To get these the process was: Spray - Drop bottle - Pick up camera and focus as quickly as possible. I'd love to have gotten some of the water falling from the above!

 

I have to deal with a lot of the video from the MKIII in my work. Not my favorite camera to deal with for video but you can't go wrong with it for stills. I look forward to seeing more of your bird related work. One thing I've been trying to get is my Senegal frozen in mid flight but often we can't get into a situation where there's enough light and she's really hard to track and shoot at the same time.

[Sarasota]

Looks like he's loving it!!

[JeffNOK]

He certainly looks happy! I'm so glad that my CAG enjoys her baths too! After a bath she just seems so refreshed, and that's when she is the most vocal and talks and practices her sounds and words.

Edited August 8, 2012 by JeffNOK

[Ray P]

Picture #4 . I love that devil look in his eye.

Picture #3 . I`m a big boy.

[Wisp]

His eye in the last pic is beautiful. He's an all around beautiful bird though