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Not a Broken Wing - She was Preening...
drjpmenon

Not a Broken Wing - She was Preening... (Leptocoma zeylonica)

Purple-rumped Sunbird (F)
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
August 2021
Scientific name
Leptocoma zeylonica
Equipment used
Nikon D7100 Nikkor 500mmf4
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
f4 @ 1/1000 ISO 140
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KC Foggin
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Well that's good to hear and it sure is a beautiful Sunbird and you got yourself and us a great image JP !!
 
Jonno52
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Birds can look quite odd when preening (I have photos of a preening Great Tit which held its wing in a similar position). This is a beautiful shot JP, I like the sulphurous yellow shading into orange and the bird is exquisitely sharp.
 

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Category
Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Date added
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Comment count
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Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D7100
Aperture
ƒ/4
Focal length
500.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1000 second(s)
ISO
140
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
_AUG4206.JPG
File size
745.5 KB
Date taken
Sun, 01 August 2021 7:34 AM
Dimensions
1101px x 900px

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