Purple-rumped Sunbird.

[Satish Ranadive]

Image was created in Nove, 2012. Cropped for composition and sharpened.NR applied to BG.

ISO: 800, 1/800 @ F: 5.6. Pattern metering.
WB: Auto. HH. Canon: 550D, 400mm.

Thanks for viewing and appreciation. C & C are highly appreciated.
Kind Regards.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice looking bird, love the pose with this nice head turn Satish.
I'm not sure about the OOF green leaf, but others comment as well.

[MohsenVahedipour]

You did great job with challenging light Satish. Lovely colorful bird with nice details. I would suggest another round of sharpening. TFS

[Bill Dix]

What a lovely bird, Satish. Nice pose and bg, and I don't mind the leaf. Another round of sharpening might help, but I think another stop or two would have given you some more DOF to keep the head sharp.

[Richard Unsworth]

Harsh light but well controlled. Excting little birds, Indian Hummers I guess. Enjoy seeing some great species from you, makes me want to get to India.
As has been said I woukd consider knocking out that leaf.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you all for the feed back and nice comments.
Regards.

Harsh light but well controlled. Excting little birds, Indian Hummers I guess. Enjoy seeing some great species from you, makes me want to get to India.
As has been said I would consider knocking out that leaf.

Richard,
Thanks a lot for the comments. You are always welcome to India. Best season for the photography is from November to Feb.

Regards,
Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, I like the array of colours this fellow has, and the perch running horizontal through the frame works well. I feel the large leaf on the left is a touch over powering, and is competing with the sunbird.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I'm not sold on the leaf either, it's just too big IMO. Lovely bird though, and the rest of the perch and the BG all look good.

[Shawn Zierman]

Gorgeous little bird. I'm always impressed with an eye level capture of a beautiful bird on a nice perch, (I like the big leaf on the left), when attractants are not used. Background is colorful, attractive, and diverse....goes well with the mulit colored subject. I agree with stopping down the f-stop at the time of capture...looks like you reasonable light to work with to pull that off.