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Info Oriental or Crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus). There are no FP's of genus Pernis, so I've linked to the Gallery for Family Accipitridae. Created by Tagooty - uploaded by Tagooty - nominated by Tagooty -- Tagooty (talk) 13:00, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support The bird blends into the dry season foliage, but stands out against the deep blue sky -- Tagooty (talk) 13:00, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Question Deep blue? Seems more purple. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:57, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
That sky looks more blue than purple to me.

https://www.colorhexa.com/6572ae

And technically, it is blue. Dimljacic (talk) 18:25, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Technically, it is not blue. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:25, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Charlesjsharp: I agree it is closer to purple. Shot with a Sony A7R3 at 1h45m before sunset. I used cloudy WB since there was a combination of sun and shade. --Tagooty (talk) 04:55, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Can you shoot RAW with your camera? You can then adjust WB in post-processing. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:52, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Charlesjsharp: Keep in mind that same color may look different on various devices. It's not the same on a phone and on a large computer monitor. Our color profiles are probably not the same. Screen resolutions neither.

And, when we're already talking about it...

https://www.colorhexa.com/6572ae - "Color description: Mostly desaturated dark blue"

https://encycolorpedia.com/6572ae - "Hexadecimal color code [...] is a shade of blue."

https://www.colorxs.com/color/hex-6572ae - "Color name blue yonder"

I repeat, it is technically blue.

If you still don't believe me, use a color picker, pick the sky color in that photo, copy and paste the hex code into your browser, and you'll get identical results as me.

Nevertheless, be it blue or purple, I like and support the image. Dimljacic (talk) 10:54, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The sky looks unnaturally purple on my calibrated display --Yeriho (talk) 18:28, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Read the reply above. --Dimljacic (talk) 10:55, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw my nomination Thanks for the feedback and support. In view of the comments, I will relook at the WB and resubmit the image later. --Tagooty (talk) 01:56, 24 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]