Purple Sunbird: Eclipse male.

[Satish Ranadive]

Image was created in the month of Aug, 2014. Basic editing, removed two thin branches, one going behind the tail and other on the tail. Cropped for composition.

ISO :800, 1/400,@8.0.Manual. 550D,100-400.

You can see adult male acquiring full plumage here.

http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/118958-Upside-down-Purple-Sunbird?highlight=


Thanks for viewing ,appreciation, comments and critiques.
Kind Regards.
Satish.

[Shawn Zierman]

Lovely bird and you got a real nice pose, especially with the slightly parted bill. The background features some nice muted colors that compliment the colors of the bird nicely. I can see the band across the tail from the cloning, but otherwise the branch removal is fairly imperceptible.

[Satish Ranadive]

I can see the band across the tail from the cloning, but otherwise the branch removal is fairly imperceptible.
Thanks for the nice comments, Shawn. If you are talking about dark colored band on the tail tip, then this is the shadow of the branch which I removed. I should have mentioned it in OP.

Regards,
Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, a sunbird I havent seen before. Super pose with the open beak, and I like the striking blues on this species. Placement works well, and you have a lovely smooth BG too.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Satish , very nice colorful sunbird captured in a nice pose , all working here.
Like the peaking soft BKG with a variation of colors !!!
I might back off on sharpening ever so slightly , just me !!

TFS Andreas

[Tom van den Brandt]

Well captured this beautiful sunbird Satish. Great colors and BG. TFS

Tom

[William Dickson]

Beautiful bird Satish and well captured. the colours are awesome :S3:

[mohammad reza shahab]

Hi Satish,
very nice pose and BG.Good composition.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, sharpness, BG and colours. Well done Satish.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice colorful bird, excellent pose and nice background, Satish.
Good work on branch removal.
I fact I would remove the remaining branch above the bird if it were mine.

[David Salem]

Nice looking frame Satish. The colors and the pose of this beautiful bird look great. The techs and details look good too. I agree with Karl on the removal of the branch. Well done

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you every body for the feed back comments.
Karl and David,
I will try the version without other branch.

Regards,
Satish.

[Bill Dix]

A beautiful sunbird, Satish. Very nicely captured, in a great pose with open beak. Good PP work. Personally, I'd leave the branch.