Purple rumped sunbird

[Ajay Kumar Tharavath]

Nikon D3100
Nikkor 70 - 300 VR

EFIX - F 5.6, 1/ 100 SEC, ISO - 400

Slightly cropped from the bottom and the right side for composition. Would have liked the shutter speed to be slightly faster as the bird was constantly jumping around. Had to wait for more than an hour to get a clean shot of this beauty.
This image was shot at the outskirts of Palakkad in Kerala.

[Dr. Kalpamoi Kakati]

Nice composition.Colours have come out well.Higher shutter would have given better sharpness.Thanks for sharing

[Mrudul Godbole]

Cute bird. The perch and the eye contact is nice. I agree with the above comments, since these birds are very swift, we need a higher shutter speed to get more details and sharpness. You could have bumped up the ISO to get more shutter speed. Also was any sharpening done? Thanks for sharing.

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Lovely cute bird. Nice colors also. Agree with the previous comments.

[Ajay Kumar Tharavath]

Thank you all for the honest feedback.. Yes I too wanted to increase the shutter speed, but before I could even try the bird was gone :sad:

Mrudul ..I had done some level adjustments and sharpening using photo shop.

Ajay