Malachite Sunbird

[Kobus Tollig]

Canon 50D
100-400mm @ 300mm
1/250 sec, f/8
Mode: Manual
Metering: Evaluative
ISO: 200
AF mode: One-shot AF
Drive: Continuous (high): frame 1
White balance: Auto
Flash: External TTL

Thought i would share this cause i dont think everybody knows them.
All C&C welcome
Taken in Western Cape

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I would tone down the perch a little. The pose is not ideal I guess, but what it lacks in some aspects it sure makes up with those superb colors mate. I have never seen anything like it. the tongue poking out is way cool! And the BG is fabulous especially if there was any work done. :)

[David Fletcher]

Akos say sit well Kobus. The perch is quite strong, but the bg, and bird are fabulous. Tongue a nice touch. :)

[Lorant Voros]

I agree about toning down the perch. The bird is beautiful....love sun birds. Tongue is a bonus. Well exposed and nice BG, sharpness. Congratulations

[Harshad Barve]

agreed on perch, nice exposure, BG , Sharpness
But what a species this is , Simply awesome
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

Wow.. what a bird... loved the colours and the complimenting BG.. yeah the perch distracts abit.. but a great image.. congrats...

[Ryan Lambert]

Kobus, super image of a MS here, you have captured the colours extremely well and that BG is superb, excellent use of flash here. I just saved the image under a ColorMatch profile as it seems to keep it more to what your original looks like in PS. I have done nothing to the image just a different profile...

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful bird, good sharpness and BG. I wish for a bit more eye contact and would remove the magenta cast, the new 50D firmware is supposed to fix this problem, BTW.

[Brian Barcelos]

Agree with everything said Kobus, this is truly a beautiful bird. Those colors are amazing.

Brian

[Stu Bowie]

I think you have exposed the sunbird very well, sharp, and the hint of the tongue takes this over the top.

[Ken Watkins]

This is a very good job as the lustre on these birds is very difficult to capture, I know I have tried and failed every time.I am amazed at the difference the different colour profile makes, the colours are stronger but perhaps just a tad too strong.

[Kobus Tollig]

Just wanted to share the female. Thx for all the comments appreciate it lots
Canon 50D
100-400mm @ 400mm
1/250 sec, f/9
Mode: Manual
Metering: Evaluative
ISO: 200
AF mode: One-shot AF
Drive: Continuous (high): frame 1
White balance: Auto
Flash: External TTL

[Chris Kotze]

Awesome species and beautiful colours and pose. Well captured and great flash work

[Arthur Morris]

Hats off to Kobus for the neat bird and capture and to Ryan for the killer repost. My only wish is that the male had been as low down as the female....

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Both are lovely birds. The perch is not my favorite since it looks sort of fake but I know this is not the case. The repost is right on. The increase of saturation really helps.