Olive back Sunbird-Male

[trident]

Hi,
Shot this Sunbird along the Jalan Toa Payoh (PIE) near my house.
Camera 20D 400mm + 1.4TC f5.6 1/160 no flash.

[CK Yeo]

Wa! Sharp sharp! You are getting better! Personally, I would have cropped it tighter. Last one might work in portrait.

ck

[trident]

ck,
Thanks, this crop better?

[hwchoy]

I like the second, but with a tight crop. perhaps a little saturation boost?

[CK Yeo]

There! Nice! Although, what's with the aspect ratio?

ck

[luenny]

Richard,
Nice shots. Good to see you finally posting your bird shots again. Any reason why you are not using flash on this and using f5.6? I was hoping the whole bird would be sharp on the repost and the front part more bright.

[ranmasatome]

woo.. cute little fellas... i get these every morning on my Wrightia religiosa at the side of my house.. then in the evening..some other species comes by...

good to see them close... great shots richard..

[trident]

Luenny,
Thanks. I did use flash, but some shot it didn't fire cause battery was weak and not fully charged. F5.6? was trying to get the fastest speed available.

[luenny]

Didn't fire because of weak batt? What a waste.

[trident]

Hi ranma,
Thanks. I get to see these fellows every day too, the trees around my estate is full of these sunbirds. Most of them are impossible (too high) to shoot except for these which I shot from the overhead bridge.
Luenny, actually not too bad, some of those I shot with flash is not really not that much better.