Purple rumped sunbird

[Keerthy Rajagopal]

Hello everyone! I shot this picture through the window of my house, where i spend some time in the weekends with the camera. Its interestng to see how many different kinds of birds visit a small garden if left undisturbed. It was always a challenge to click the sunbird, which was a daily visitor, yet very difficult to capture.

It was also interesting to watch the male catch and eat a small insect (not sure whether an ant or a spider).

Its a very large crop, because of focal length deficit.

EXIF:
Camera model: Canon EOS 550D,
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250 II,
Mode: AV mode,
Focal length: 250mm,
Shutter speed: 1/160,
F Stop: 5.6,
ISO: 400
Metering: Center weighted average,
Support: Handheld
Crop: 70%
Manual focus.

Kindly let me know your comments and critiques.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Tiny male photographed under trying conditions. Nice pose. Colours have come out well. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Kumaran Narayanaswamy]

nice freeze would have been good if eyes were visible but tough from this angle thanks for sharing

Kumaran

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice .like the timing. eye contact wuld been great.the lovely colours of the neck have come out here.

TFS
Roopak

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice action captured. It looks like rocket . Nice clean background. The vertical composition looks good. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice pose. The outstretched beak looks nice. The neck colours have come out well. Unless there is sidelighting to get a glint in the eye, it is difficult to notice the eye from this position. A longer lens would have been great. Nevertheless the image tells a story. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Keerthy Rajagopal]

Thank you everyone for the comments .
Just realized that i made a mistake with the shutter speed. Wating for the power to come back at late night, and uploading quickly before it goes off again, i typed the wrong data. It must have been 1/400 instead of 1/160. Sorry about that.

@Sabayasachi sir, i would like to buy the 400 f-5.6, but when is the tough question!