Kiss of the Sunbird | Bannerghatta National Park

Beautiful Purple Rumped Sunbird, caught in action during its feeding time. :-)

Scientific Name : Nectarina Zeylonica

The bird is about 10 cm in length. They're normally everywhere, it's easy to spot them through their call.

Oh yes, I picked up the Canon 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 L USM IS too. :-) Took it for tests yesterday, and am spell bound by the results. Image was shot RAW, and converted to JPEG without any processing (suffered a 30% crop though). Have not processed it for noise - I felt I was losing sharpness when processed for noise.

Shot at Bannerghatta National Park yesterday - This bird was out in the wild though.

Work commitments and laptop issues have been keeping me offline. I will be back soon.

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aks... says:

this is amazingly crisp! excellent shot niranj... u got the right moment!!! kudos...
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Gargio78 says:

Good shot.
Good composition and depth of field.
I like contrast and (natural) colours too.
You have captured a great moment photographing the bird while it was eating.
Good job.

Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

rachel simon says:

This is beautiful, a perfect capture. Great job, I really love the contrast and image.

Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

DieterThePhotographer says:

as my predecessor allready said, the tonality and contrast in this image is good. It's helping the image in such a way it's more interesting. The reason why this is working so well, is the fact that the bird, which has more of a 'earthlike color tone' contrasts nicely with the green foilage.

It's just one of those elements most (beginning) photographers forget about. You should always try to create these contrasts. It helps the subject pop out of the image.

I also admire your patience, I tried some bird photography a while ago and I could not wait untill the birds where sitting quitely... so that's also a great perk you have there.

Maybe you could even spice it up more, creatin some artificial bokeh, which is smoother than the one you have now ? That's the only thing that's bugging me....

(disclaimer : offcourse the comment above is completely personal :-). Just putting my thoughts here)

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Carplips says:

Ranked 1st place! in the

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bloggerknight says:

Ranked 2 place! in the

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[ Julian Holtom ] says:

Not the kind of shot I can get excited about at all. However, from the point of view of the techs. It's clearly a good image. Excellent focus and composition capturing the bird feeding.
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Gioser_Chivas says:

Hola, soy el administrador de un grupo llamado Nature Green Star - Post 1, Award 3 - Elephant Contest y nos encantaría agregar esto al grupo.

Ranked 2do place! in the

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oskarholmberg.se says:

Great colors and a beatiful bokeh on this shot! :) Good sharpness on the eyes, which always is important when it comes the animalphotos :) The composition is very good, great capture with the beak in the flower.

Good work!
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rushika. says:

Ranked 1st place! in the

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rokop64 says:

amazing!

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lizziestrupat says:

Incredible detail. Beautiful compostion. I wish the colors were a little less vivid. They feel overpowering.

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John&Fish says:

great work!! --fish

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Carolinensis says:

beautiful image, well done! ;)

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Lynda W1 says:

Lovely.

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Sudheer S says:

This is an incredible shot.
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girinathg says:

Wonderful shot my friend... Great one...
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Nomad Vagabond Anirban says:

Beautiful shot :-)
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Varun_Chopra says:

Very nice man..
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

$owmya says:

timely capture.. very sharp... u rocking with ur new lens...congrats
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Saurabh PB-34 says:

i liked the shot but when i saw that i large size on black, i loved it..excellent photo.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

dcmanohar says:

a very beautiful shot!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

sumo_birla says:

This is a great shot Niranj :-)
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Gypsy Flores Photography says:

I really like your animal photo!
You are invited to post this photo to Spectacular Animals, invite only
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Please add the tag SpecAnimal to your photo
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Tall Bob says:

Fantastic image and photography! Love it!

You are definitely a Bird Watcher!
Pls tag your photo "Bird Watcher"
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Snaphappy#1 says:

I think this bird image is really excellent. You are invited to post it to Excellence In Avian Photography. Please read the rules before posting your image.

Please remember to remove this photo from thePhotograph "Invite Me Please" Thread in EIAP. Thank you!
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jwsteffelaar says:

Excellent focus, great action and beautiful colours!

I think this bird image is really excellent. You are invited to post it to Excellence In Avian Photography. Please read the rules before posting your image.

Please remember to remove this photo from thePhotograph "Invite Me Please" Thread in EIAP. Thank you!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Ishan Aranjikal says:

simply awesome shot,

Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

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