Eating Fruit - Copper-smith Barbet

[Sandipan Ghosh]

Copper-smith Barbets are mainly fruit eating but will take sometimes insects, especially winged termites.
Place - Golapbag, Burdwan University , West Bengal
Date - 26/01/2015
Camera: Canon EOS 600D
Focal Length: 240 mm
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 320

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice image of the bird consuming figs of the Banyan tree.This Barbet is particularly active in spring.Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

[Sandipan Ghosh]

Thank you very much... S. Panigrahi....

[Sabyasachi Patra]

The shadow side is towards you. If you were on the other side, then it would have appeared much better with better details. The colours of the barbet is according to its habitat. The red in the throat and head appears like the figs and the green and yellow matching with the leaves. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Sandipan Ghosh]

Sir it was not possible to take shot behind the sunlight due to high canopy shot from a building. But I managed that shot using shade- white balance.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice to see it devouring fruits. Good eye contact. Do you normally use the only centre AF point while clicking? Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

nice colours. agree with comments above.
TFS
Roopak

[Sandipan Ghosh]

It is automatically detected AF points....not any preference...M. Godbole