Orange-breasted Sunbird

Gallery: AvianPosted November 16, 2013173 views14 comments

Here's a shot from last year just outside of Cape Town, South Africa. One of the many beautiful sunbirds in South Africa. Bird was called in.
Ideally I would have liked to have the top of the flower but with my teleconverter on and in horizontal format, I couldn't fit it in.

Canon 7D 500F4 1.4x 1/800 F8, iso 500, handheld out safari vehicle window

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14 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 16, 2013 at 12:30 PM

Gorgeous bird and extremely well presented, Nate.

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Comment posted by chris ward on November 16, 2013 at 4:37 PM

lovely picture

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on November 16, 2013 at 5:45 PM

Wonderful sharp detail you captured of this handsome beauty Nate

An awesome perch and nice complimentary background color.

Sweet Photo!!!

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on November 16, 2013 at 5:50 PM

Colors are very pleasing and the detail is great, this is a real beauty Nate!

Ray

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Comment posted by Marc Dubuc on November 16, 2013 at 5:54 PM

Very nice bird and details very well captured on this photo.

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on November 17, 2013 at 11:08 AM

Beautiful, Nate.

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on November 17, 2013 at 11:20 AM

Gorgeous subject and excellent comp. Well taken Nate!

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on November 17, 2013 at 11:41 AM

Ouch... Jealous

. Great shot with nice complementary colors in the BG. Hats of ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on November 18, 2013 at 6:09 AM

Lovely detail Nate - like the orange 'glows' in the background

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on November 18, 2013 at 7:33 PM

I agree with what all the others have said, but it does beg the question: why not vertical?

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 18, 2013 at 10:07 PM

Thanks for your comments.
"Why not vertical" I was set up horizontal and I didn't want to miss the shot, so I took it, when I rotated to vertical the the bird moved to more of a horizontal position and it didn't work as a vertical, then the little guy flew off.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on November 19, 2013 at 8:53 AM

Gorgeous bird, the flower perch is a perfect fit

Yeah, too bad the pesky fixed focal length thing didn't work out..
Still a fine image

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on November 19, 2013 at 1:07 PM

I like the smooth BG and the colorful flower perch. The detail and iridescense in the feathers looks great. Beautiful shot.

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Comment posted by Greg Oakley on November 19, 2013 at 8:16 PM

Excellent Nate - super IQ and detail. Slight head turn would have been nice, but still excellent

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