I brightened the pic up in Lightroom for my own aesthetic purposes, but I don’t think I went overboard personally. The branch is actually a dried tip of a succulent so maybe that’s where you’re seeing coloration? Here’s another shot, unedited and zoomed out a little more.
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They colorized the entire body. Note how only the upper half is purple in the Wikipedia article and the video.
In the post image, the whole body is purple by being colorized. Some of it can be seen bleeding off the edges of the subject and onto the branch.
I don’t know why they did this and other edits to an already-pretty bird.
I brightened the pic up in Lightroom for my own aesthetic purposes, but I don’t think I went overboard personally. The branch is actually a dried tip of a succulent so maybe that’s where you’re seeing coloration? Here’s another shot, unedited and zoomed out a little more.
Thanks for the original photo. It’s a awesome shot of a wonderful bird 👍
It’s a great photo. Try not to give a shit about what some rando on the internet is complaining about. The adults in the room like your photo