Not Exactly a Sunbird!

Canon EOS 7D, EF 500mm f/4L IS USM, Aperture Priority @ f/8 (1/1250 sec), -0 EV, ISO 640, Tripod, JPEG from RAW, Copped about 40% from Full Frame

This here's a Purple-Crested Turaco that flew into the same tree I was trying to capture shots of Sunbirds in. The location is Skukuza, the main camp of Kruger National Park, South Africa.

It was fairly high up and moving around quite rapidly with parts of it's head, body, or tail seemingly always obscured by twigs, flowers, or leaves. I must have spent a good 10 minutes moving around the tree trying to get into a better position in the hope of a clean shot before I finally managed to catch this one and right after that it took off.

Not that happy about those shadows running through it, but I'm more than pleased for having captured at least one shot with most of the head in the clear as well as the clarity in the eye, which comes up much better in the larger version, and all the more for the fact that this was the only opportunity I was to have with this marvellously colourful bird.

Critique and comments always welcome.