Eclipse Male in Transition!

[Praveen Siddannavar]

This is my first shot from my new Canon 7D!. Shot the Purple Sunbird this morning at Valley School, light was quite low.

Sabyasachi/Mrudul - need help to understand some features of 7D

Experts can you please provide more info on the "Eclipse Transition".

Camera Model Canon EOS 7D, 100-400mm
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/320
Av( Aperture Value ) 8
ISO 500
Focal length 400mm
Hand held

[Bibhav Behera]

Congrats Praveen on your new 7D.
I like the composition. I would have preferred a more traditional crop here.

An eclipse plumage is the plumage a male bird goes into when its not in breeding season.
Quoting from Wiki

"Many ducks have bright, colourful plumage, exhibiting strong sexual dimorphism to attract the females. However, they moult into a dull plumage in the non-breeding season. This drab female-like appearance is the eclipse plumage. When they shed feathers to go into eclipse, the ducks become flightless for a short period of time. Some duck species remain in eclipse for one to three months in the summer, while other would retain the cryptic plumage until the next spring when they undergo another moult to return to their breeding plumage"

[V S Sankar]

Nice and sharp image from the new camera.Congratulations.Keep it coming.

Regards

[Mrudul Godbole]

Congratulations. Good to see that you immediately inaugurated it :).

The diagonal composition is nice. There is slight noise in the background, how much crop is this? Look forward to more from 7D. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Congratulations on your new 7D. It is a good camera. You can check the video tutorials. Please check the link in the Photography Tips and Workflow: http://www.indiawilds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2936

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[AB Apana]

Congrats on the new camera! Look forward to seeing more images.

Apana

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Thank you all for the comments.

Sabyasachi - thanks for the link, i had quick glance last night it is quite useful

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Congrats on the new camera.
Nice shot. I agree with Bibhav about the crop. A slight head turn towards you would have made this lovely.
TFS.