purple sunbird

[Jitendra Katre]

canon 7d, canon 300 with 2x, f/5.6, 1/250, iso-640, Satara

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I like the pose. Were you shooting against the light and pulled up the shadows a lot? The curved perch is interesting. A wider composition with more space at the right would have been better here.

[Jitendra Katre]

thanks Sabyasachi. i did brightened the image a little, but i waited to get the bird against darker background. against bright background i find it impossible to get any colours in this bird.

[Mrudul Godbole]

The purple-bluish colour looks nice. Nice head turn. The dark patch on the neck is nicely documented. Thanks for sharing.

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

Wow, nice pose and colors. Almost mistook it for a Blue Tickels . . . Great eye contact. Thanks for sharing

regards
Rajan

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Nice image Dr.Katre. Sometimes nature and names dont match I feel . When I saw this image last night, my wife told me that the color is far from being purple, its blue...and with women especially wifes, better not to argue .

Nevertheless, a lovely image. Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Murugan it does have a purple patch on its throat.... Tough to expose the same properly.

TFS
Roopak

[Jitendra Katre]

thanks friends, and Murugan, i agree with some part of your statement....