tissa7
FollowHere is a story behind this photo. This man works as a maintenance guy at one of the apartment complexes in downtown Oklahoma City. Oklahoma is known for tornad...
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Here is a story behind this photo. This man works as a maintenance guy at one of the apartment complexes in downtown Oklahoma City. Oklahoma is known for tornadoes so one morning, the night after a tornado, he was walking to work and saw a little baby starling on the ground. The parents were nowhere around. He took him and raised him. The starling could have flown away many times but he never did. Each time he would be gone for a little bit but came back every time. The bird literally thinks that this man is his father. The starling comes to work with the maintenance guy often and just sits of his shoulder (or his head lol). I was fortunate to get a photo. Oh yes, the bird's name is Sergeant because the "daddy" used to be a military, but the bird runs the house :)
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candyman735@hotmail.com
July 01, 2011
Funny shot! Very creative, and nice detail! Congrats on your feature!
tissa7
July 01, 2011
WOW! Thank you everybody! I did not expect this photo to be featured at all :) Thank you for your nice comments and support!
GBloniarz
March 20, 2013
Wonderful and emotional story! One I can relate to. Thank you for sharing! Oh, cute photo!
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Behind The Lens
Location
Oklahoma City apartment complexTime
7.30 pmLighting
I used a bounce flashEquipment
Sony Alpha 230, 50 mm lens, a flashInspiration
The story behind the photo inspired me. The man in the photo (his name is Paul) rescued the bird as a baby after one of the tornado storms that Oklahoma is so known for. Paul was walking to work the morning after one of those storms and saw this little bird on the ground with no mother in sight. So he became his mother. He called the bird Sergeant (the man if a formal military man) and raised it. Sergeant is so attached to Paul that he never flies away (even though he can fly perfectly, but he always comes back). Paul takes the bird to work with him (he is a maintenance guy at one of the apartment complexes in Oklahoma City) and sometimes you can even see Sergeant having to wear a little bird diaper hehe (just so there is no mess in the apartment while he is fixing things around). People love seeing a man with a bird on his shoulder coming to fix their sinks or other things.Editing
I did some cropping and cleaned up skin tones. All in LightroomIn my camera bag
Right now it is Canon 3D mark ii, 50 mm lens, a flash, a reflector, and a tripodFeedback
I got lucky because the bird was docile and was used to humans. But normally they can be tricky to catch especially with a flash with no high speed sync (which was my situation). So in case you are planning to photograph animals or birds in the evening, with limited light and use a flash, use a high speed sync flash if possible. And don't forget to bounce the light to avoid harsh lighting and overexposed spots on the skin.