TOP ONE LOFT PERFORMANCE VERY NICE [HEN WE BELIEVE]- BUOYANT, TIGHT, CLASSY, EXCELLENT MUSCLE; YELLOW-EYED.
SIRE IS A MAGNIFICENT CREATURE FROM OUR #1 FOUNDATION COCK WHEN MATED TO ONE OF OUR VERY BEST HENS 'DISH CONSTANCE'
DAM IS DIRECT FROM 1ST OVERALL ACE TRIPLE CROWN & THE SUPER BREEDING HEN 'NICK'S GIRL.'
**I HAVE INCLUDED AN UNEDITED PICTURE OF THE BIRD. I'VE BEEN ASKED MANY MANY TIMES WHY WE ALTER THE SHAPE OF THE BIRD, COLORING ETC. FIRST, I HAVE NEVER TRACED AROUND A PIGEON [PHOTO-SHOP-STYLE], I'VE NEVER CLONED [THOUGH SOMEONE TOOK SOME PICTURES FOR US SOME TIME AGO THAT DID TRACE/CLONE]. WE DO NOT EVEN TAPER THE PIGEON. WHAT YOU SEE IS A PIGEON THAT IS NOT RAGGED AND NOT THROWN INTO A BOX WITH RUFFLED FEATHERS, AWKWARD STANCE, PROTRUDING WING BUTT, SMEARED SHOULDER FEATHERS OR SMEARED DROPPINGS IN THE PICTURE. I NEVER CUT THE DROPPINGS OUT OF THE PICTURE. I SIMPLY TAKE THE TIME TO REMOVE THE BIRD AND CLEAN THE SURFACE AGAIN- I DON'T WANT IT STEPPING IN ITS OWN FECES. I WILL OFTEN TAKE 25-30 PICTURES OF EACH BIRD, TAKING IT OUT AND PREENING ITS PLUMAGE 10-12 TIMES IN THE PROCESS. WE ARE NOT TRYING TO FOOL ANYONE INTO THINKING THAT THE BIRD LOOKS NICER THAN IT IS- THAT IS MERE CHICANERY. WE ARE TRYING TO: 1) CONVEY A MESSAGE TO OUR CLIENTS THAT WE ARE CONSCIENTIOUS IN THE SMALL THINGS AND COURT A HIGH LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE. 2) WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE PIGEON TO STAND THE WAY IT DID WHEN IT CAUGHT OUR EYE ON THE FEEDER IN THE AVIARY- AND NOT HOW IT LOOKED WHEN THE CAT WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHEW ON ITS TOES THROUGH THE WIRE AVIARY FLOOR.
FOR LIGHTING, MY GOAL IS TO TRY TO EDIT THE SHADE/TINT OF THE BACKGROUND OF THE PHOTO-BOX IN THE PICTURE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE 'WHITE' OF THE NATURAL MATERIAL. WHEN I USE THAT AS A LITMUS TEST, THE BIRD 'COMES INTO' ITS NATURAL COLOR IN THE PHOTO. |