Scarlet-chested Sunbird - juvenile feeding

[Pieter de Waal]

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Taken in the garden at home. Not a setup, just positioned myself next to some Aloes which allways attract Sunbirds. The male is a striking black bird with bright scarlet chest, hope to get some images of him some time. Female similar to Juvenile.

50D/EF500f4/f5@1/2000/iso400/EC+1. Cropped from horisontal and removed some stray grass strands. BG as shot with NR.

C&C allways welcome.

[Randy Stout]

Pieter:

I like the comp,colors, pose.

Will look forward to one of the adult males, should be striking!

Cheers

Randy

[Charles Scheffold]

Wonderful behavioral shot - composition is spot on.

Charles

[Doug Brown]

Like the composition and eye contact. Could use a saturation boost and some additional sharpening.

[Chris Kotze]

Super pose colours and comp

[Stu Bowie]

Hey Pieter, you have great visitors to your garden. Comp works well, and well done for timing the feeding behaviour. With shots like this, I try and shoot vertical in camera. Cool BG. Cheers.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Lovely image Peter. I also would have used the camera vertically rather then crop later. Still like the inclusion of the flower, BG and the bird feeding :)

[Pieter de Waal]

Thanks for the feedback, good points made and noted and appreciated.