id confirmation... Record shot

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Shot this at my farm, is this Purple Sunbird or Loten's Sunbird?


Camera Model Canon EOS 7D, 500mm
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/800
Av( Aperture Value ) 4
ISO 200
Focal length 500mm
Cropped
Handheld:ohmy:

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Praveen Nice image. this looks like purple sunbird male in eclipse plumage.

Roopak

[Anuradha Nautiyal]

Hi Praveen,

Loved the metallic blue colours ... wish the branch behind (behind the beak) wouldn't have been there .. Also feel maybe opening
shadows near the eye would have enhanced the image.. not sure though .. seems like I have forgotten photography.

Why do you call it record shot ???

TFS
Anu

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Eye contact is good. Moving in close, if possible would have been great. You could have used the 1.4x here.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Ragoo Rao]

This is Purple Sunbird eclipse phase morphing to breeding plumage.

[Bibhav Behera]

Purple Sunbird in eclipse plumage. The perch looks good. Thanks for sharing.