Streaked Spider Hunter

[Phil Liew]

Here's one of a relatively common bird getting ready for a swipe at the nectar of the banana tree flower. A petal falls off each day to expose a new set of stamens.

5D Mark II + EF 600mm + 1.4 II Ext 1/125s f/8.0 ISO800 EV +1/3 Flash -2
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[Ramon M. Casares]

STUNNING! LOVE this shot! Love the pose, love the perch, love the light and detail, love the colors and BG, love the comp and specially, the species! Congratualitons!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful Phil with a wonderful composition,. Love the alert pose and , lighting and great eye contact as well as the detail you have captured in this image. The BG is outstanding with such lovely soft colors. The flower is an awesome bonus. Like the a lot and congratulations !!

[Doug Brown]

A very striking bird perched on an equally beautiful flower. Excellent sharpness and nice use of fill flash. I only wish we could see the bottom of the flower petal at the bottom of the frame.

[Rene Quenneville]

Well balanced picture. The tones and composition are well married. I love the bird and flower sharpness and positioning in the frame. Great piece of art.

[Melvin Grey]

A really stunning image - great detail and sharpness and composition. Fascinating 'common' bird and what a perch!
Melvin

[Simon Bennett]

Super image - wonderful bird with excellent detail and what a gorgeous flower. I'm sure you could have posted this over in Flora, but they would have probably said to clone out the distracting bird ;)

[Glenda Simmons]

A real beauty!...the bird...and the photographer's capture.

[Phil Liew]

Thanks all for your comments. At times things just fall into place and I was lucky to be at the right spot at the right time.