White-Bellied Sunbird

Gallery: AvianPosted December 5, 2010125 views6 comments

Several species of sunbirds could be found flitting about the grounds of the Elephant Plains game lodge in South Africa. They're very much like hummingbirds in appearance, though they actually have to land while attempting to get nectar from flowers.

I would have preferred to crop a tick wider on the right, but another flower in the bottom corner was a bit of a distraction.

Canon 7D
Canon 500mm f/4 IS + 1.4x TC
ISO400
1/1600th
f/5.6

Max

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Max Waugh on December 5, 2010 at 8:51 PM

Rich, thanks... but are you confusing "Max Waugh" with "Charlie Baugh?"

(Max)

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on December 6, 2010 at 12:44 AM

Nice image of this interesting and usual bird.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on December 6, 2010 at 4:26 AM

Good job on the detail and irridescence Max. I have very fond memories of sunbirds from Zimbabwe.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Eric Diller on December 6, 2010 at 3:50 PM

Sure is reaching up for that food! Nice pose and capture! Very colorful bird

Registered on October 2, 2009, 69 Posts, 434 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on December 6, 2010 at 4:43 PM

Neat stretching pose and very colorful Max. To my eye the bird looks slightly soft.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on December 7, 2010 at 11:33 AM

Max

Love the pose, background colors and how this shows the bird feeding.

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