A musk Lorikeet feeding on Eucalyptus flowers. Heavily cropped, I do need a 50-500mm Sigma.

[luftfluss]

I enjoying seeing these guys. So colorful, nothin' like them in the wild here.

[Outis]

It's adorable! Thanks so much for sharing!

[Tonytee]

A musk Lorikeet feeding on Eucalyptus flowers. Heavily cropped, I do need a 50-500mm Sigma.

A super capture. Are these birds also referred to as "KEA?"

Job well done. Thanks,

Tonytee

[Bruce Clark]

I enjoying seeing these guys. So colorful, nothin' like them in the wild here.

Thank you. We are spoiled in this country.

It's adorable! Thanks so much for sharing!

Thanks for your comment.

A super capture. Are these birds also referred to as "KEA?"

Job well done. Thanks,

Tonytee

Thank you. What I know as a Kea is a large parrot from New Zealand's South Island

[PJ1]

Nice shot. We have Musk Lorikeets here but they are usually way up high. I don't think you lost too much in the cropping. However (and I am no expert) the plane of focus seems to be on the bunch of leaves obscuring the tail rather than the bird. I think that is one of the biggest problems when using shorter focal lengths and cropping - it is a bit harder to control the focus when the target surrounds are a bit cluttered. A longer focal length would make that easier. But rather than reach for a 50-500, have you given any thought to Sigma's matched 2x teleconverter? That would give you 400/5.6. Those who use them say that IQ loss is minimal.