Olive-backed Sunbird

[Greg Oakley]

These guys are quite common up in Far North Queensland, but are surprisingly hard to get a good image of - I spent quite a while concentrating on them and this is probably my best effort so far. Thanks for looking, Greg.

Clifton Beach, Queensland, October 2013. D800, 300 2.8, 1.7TC, f7.1, 1/250, ISO720, -1/3EC, Flash+BB@ -1.7.

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful light on a beautiful bird. Well captured. Love the blue on the throat. I'm a sucker for profile shots, but some might feel a slight head turn would improve it.

[Marina Scarr]

These birds might be common, but they sure are gorgeous! Colors and details are amazing. Your set up is super! Nice flash work.

[Rick Bowers]

Great bird, super lighting, perfect perch, wonderful BG! Couldn't be better.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice setup.
Excellent pose, striking colors.
Nice work, Greg.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Fantastic colours, the image pops very nicely, great flash work and perch.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful perch and nice composition.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Greg, looks like the wait was worth while, and you have come away with a sure keeper. I like the line of pose following the line of the perch, and nicely tucked in between the leaves. With such a dominant colour to the throat and chest, I would have presumed this species would have been called something else. Having said that, I do like the striking colours on him, and what a killer BG.

[Danny Laredo]

Striking bird. Wonderful image.

[vishaljadhav]

Impressive exposure on the bird, the flash did help a great deal in exposing the the blue nicely
i love the composition and the great details, leaves add a great character to the image with that sweet looking BG
I appreciate the work on getting this bird steady, its very hard to get sunbirds steady anytime they are like hyperactive

[Morkel Erasmus]

Lovely perch, bird and colours. I would tone down overall brightness with a luminosity mask, though, would make it look less "flashed" IMHO...

[hennieloots]

Hi Greg - I like the perch, pose and composition. The colors, specifically the blue chest, is beautiful. I am with Stu on the "misleading" name! I love the even BG which showcases the subject perfectly.
Cheers
Hennie

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

A stunning bird, lovely fill light and pose. The colors of this guy are amazing and work great with the natural environment around it.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Really nice flash work. Great colors, perch and detail.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Only a better HA could have improved on this wonderful image. Comp, colours, techs all look A-1 to me. I really love the depth on the leaves in upper right corner.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the colours, perch, image design and complimentary BG. Excellent image Greg!