Female Green Honeycreeper with a snack

[Sidharth Kodikal]

The Green Honeycreeper is such a gorgeous bird. I really wanted an image of one on my trip to Costa Rica in January.
Will post a male for comparison in a few days.

Canon 5D3, 600II
1/640, f6.3, ISO 2500, Manual flash
Tripod.

All comments welcome.
Thanks.

[Arthur Morris]

You did a great job with the sharpness and the color. Was this at a set-up? a

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Thanks Artie. While this was on a property with feeders not too far away, this image was not a setup.

[Ivan Sjögren]

Superb shot of this gorgeous bird. Great eye contact and pose, good exposure and details. What makes this for me is the superb perch!

[Karl Egressy]

Green on green. Beautiful image, love the setting, pose and the food item in the beak.

[Marina Scarr]

What an impressive frame. Love the colors, the touches on the perch, the prey. The only thing I might consider if you have the canvas is to move the bird slightly to the left since he seems just a tad centered, maybe giving it a bit more room on top.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Artie. While this was on a property with feeders not too far away, this image was not a setup.

Thanks Sid. To my mind, that makes the perch that much more special. a

[Shawn Zierman]

WOW, like double WOW, for a non set up image of this electric looking species! You nailed it imo. Composition is not too centered for my taste, especially given the bird's size in the frame. Happy St. Patricks day image! :) Beautifully processed for the high ISO.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Very elegant and eye catching a well detailed shot, wow I bet you were pleased with this I would have been over the moon!

[Raybel Robles]

Superb image. Love the green on green combo and details. Good use of the flash aswell. I also like the image as it is. I don't find it to be too centered.

[William Dickson]

40 shades of green, what a fantastic looking image, love it. Thanks for sharing

[Gabriela Plesea]

Superb green on green and it makes me green with envy

A beauty, Sidharth - and such a pleasure to view!

Kind regards,

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely Sidharth, thank you for sharing.

[Grace Scalzo]

Stunning, drop dead gorgous image, Sid. Perch, bird, prey...spectacular.

[Jim Crosswell]

This is a real beauty Sidharth! I like the pose, prey, perch, flash work, IQ and composition. Look forward to seeing the male image.

[David Salem]

Holy cow Sid this is flipping awesome!! The green on green is beautiful and the perch is something special especially since you did not set it up. Perfect sharpness, pose, colors and a prey item to boot. Wow!!

[Satish Ranadive]

What a lovely color palate,you have here Sidharth.
Magnificent image. Very nice pose with prey in the beak.

Regards,
Satish.

[Girish Prahalad]

beautiful image! great colors, IQ & BG

[Ritesh Nangare]

Great combination of GREEN on GREEN. i love colors here, with great amount of details, The prey item is adding too much to the frame here......

[gail bisson]

Man oh man this is nice! Love the green on green and that perch is " to die for".
IQ is excellent. The little seed pods are so nice and different ( or maybe they are little leaves?).
Diagonal line of perch enhances the visual appeal of this image.
A beauty Sid!
I would run a little NR on the tail and smooth out the line in the circle to the right and below the bill. (I am being really nitpicky here!)
Gail

[Sharon Hallowell]

Iridescent green is just perfect...a wonderful frame all around. Congrats! Sharon

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Thank you all for viewing and commenting - much appreciated.

[Hazel Grant]

Nothing else to add to the above. Great choice for winner!

[Rahul Sachdev]

Such a pretty bird. Nice use of the flash. Works very very well for me. Thanks

[Mike Singh]

Stunning photo Sidharth! The flash really brings out the iridescence in the feathers. Did you use an diffusers or modifiers for the flash?
Mike