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Sunbird
drjpmenon

Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)

Purple Sunbird (Male)
Shot in a dull, rainy morning. Had to do a lot of shadow recovery and the image is not very "clean"
Image cropped, re-sized, levels adjusted and minimally sharpened.
Thank you for your kind appreciation of my previous posts.
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Location
Tamilnadu, India
Date taken
December 2021
Scientific name
Cinnyris asiaticus
Equipment used
Nikon D7100 Nikkor 500mm f4
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
f5.6 @ 1/1250 ISO 1600
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Reactions: delia todd
KC Foggin
Supporter
A gorgeous, frontal, closeup of this beautiful Sunbird JP! Beautifully captured buddy!
 
bievreJJ
those colours are awesome, JP, lovely with the little red spot, great photo of this lovely sunbird, many tfs!!
 
peterow
A wonderful front on capture, JP. A great close up and the light on the bird makes this a brilliant shot, well done.
 
j toon
wonderful jp...a lovely colour...a great capture my friend...many thanks....
 
delia todd
Staff member
Opus Editor
Supporter
Isn't he stunning Jp!!!

My word what a beauty this sunbird is - many thanks for showing him to us my friend.
 

Media information

Category
Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
Added by
drjpmenon
Date added
View count
389
Comment count
12

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D7100
Aperture
ƒ/5.6
Focal length
500.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1250 second(s)
ISO
1600
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
_DEC6144.JPG
File size
832 KB
Date taken
Wed, 01 December 2021 1:56 PM
Dimensions
1280px x 826px

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