A little bird worth watching

[bilybianca]

America got it's adorable hummers, but in Africa you find the Sunbirds occupying the same ecological niche. This one was very cooperative. Greater double collared sunbird, F70-210mm @210mm and 1/500 sec f8.

Kjell

[ennacac]

Great capture of the green in the bird, almost looks like metal.

Tom

[Wingman]

Fantastic detail! Looking forward to more of Africa's fauna and flora.

Jay

[NonEntity1]

Perfectly sharp Kjell, very detailed.

Tim

[mtngal]

Wow! Lovely picture, a pretty bird, perfect focus, what more can you ask for? Thanks for sharing him with us.

[danielchtong]

bilybianca wrote:

America got it's adorable hummers, but in Africa you find the Sunbirds occupying the same ecological niche. This one was very cooperative. Greater double collared sunbird, F70-210mm @210mm and 1/500 sec f8.

Kjell

Wow hummer remote cousins in SA!!! And you have got it in such details.
Africa is a birdie shooters' heaven. They are probably quite friendly to human being who are the minority there
Look forward to seeing more of your images when you have a chance to process/compile them

Daniel

[snostorm]

Hi Kjell,

I don't think it gets any better than this. A great capture of a very impressive subject, in a very exotic (for me, at least) setting.

I think nothing enhances a great experience more than capturing some of the best moments with some top-shelf images, so the experience can be vividly relived many times over.

Very well done!

Scott

[penolta]

Another great image. Those highly reflective metallic colors can be hard to capture in direct sunlight.

[nhmom]

Beautiful!

[bilybianca]

penolta wrote:

Those highly reflective metallic colors can be hard to capture in direct sunlight.

Here's another shiny thing, a Glossy Starling (exact species hard to determine from this photo).

Kjell