COLLARED SUNBIRD

[Arno Ellmer]

The Female has rich yellow underparts.The Male has , in addition , a bluish-purple breast band.I suspect that this bird is a juvenile male bird,with a smidge of purple plumage beginning to show.Not sure ,though .
Skukuza Camp ,Kruger National Park .

Canon Mk IV
70-200mm f/2.8 IS II at 200mm
f/6.3
1/2000
ISO 800
EC +1/3
Hand held

[dankearl]

Another nice one, Arno, with less highlights than the first.

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful bird. Nice light and details. Great bg.

[laurie golden]

Beautiful bird and love the iridescence on the head.

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot. Excellent details, very nice background, great perch, and very nice light.
Well done.

[Karl Egressy]

Beautiful bird, nicely captured, Arno.
I like the irridescent feathers and the curvy bill.
I would tone down the background just a little as I feel that the bird would pop better that way.

[PhilCook]

I think I'd agree regarding turning back the background a little to make the bird stand out a little better, but great shot nonetheless, excellent posture and you've caught those glorious iridescent neck/back feathers perfectly...love it ! !

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Gorgeous bird, very well captured, Arno. Perfect DOF, nice bg and love the slanted perch and the alert pose.
Head turned just a bit our way would've been nice, but not a deal breaker for me by any means.

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent image. Everything has been said about it.Love the beautiful bird with lovely colors,nice pose and great details.I like the BG and perch too.

[Layton E Parham]

I think that the background makes a nice bright overall picture. It is certainly eye catching.

[Arno Ellmer]

Thank you all for the kind and positive comments.Always appreciated.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice pose details and BG. I would go for a 3 : 2 vert here

[Giuseppe Varano]

Very nice golden lighting. I agree with Arash.