Little Bee-eater

Gallery: AvianPosted May 9, 201179 views15 comments

Photo taken Feb. 16 2011 on a photo safari to Tanzania organized by Ray Barlow. D300 and 500mm f/4 + 1.4x tc supported by a bean bag on the top of the Land Rover. ISO 320, f/7.1, 1/640s. Cropped to 60% of full-frame. Sharpening and other minor adjustments made with LR and CS5. Several birds were actively working this area and returned to perches close to our position.
Comments and suggestions desired.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on May 9, 2011 at 4:32 PM

Really nice David. Love how the colors in the BG and bird work so well together. Nice detail on the bird in the larger version. Well done.

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Comment posted by Varina Patel on May 9, 2011 at 4:41 PM

Beautiful, beautiful, and more beautiful. This is a perfect shot. The colors are gorgeous - and the background is sublime. Great detail, lovely composition - you nailed it.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 9, 2011 at 4:42 PM

Well seen, captured and processed. Looks like you had some harsh light, but you handled it well.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on May 9, 2011 at 4:50 PM

Gorgeous capture, David! I would love to have this for my files!

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on May 9, 2011 at 5:09 PM

Everything works on this one, pose, perch, background and good detail on the larger version, way to go, excellent shot.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on May 9, 2011 at 5:59 PM

Hey, Dave! Wondering where you've been. Very nicely composed. Look forward to more from your trip.

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Comment posted by Steve Canuel on May 9, 2011 at 8:59 PM

Nice work. Beautiful colors and excellent detail.

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Comment posted by David Haynes on May 9, 2011 at 9:17 PM

David,
Really complimentary background to the bird. WOW. You couldn't have asked for better colors. Nothing not to like about this image Davd. Congrats.

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Comment posted by Marc Dubuc on May 9, 2011 at 11:38 PM

Excellent! Nice colors and BG.

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Comment posted by Robert Holguin on May 10, 2011 at 12:34 AM

Excellent shot!!! Love the sharpness and the background. Real nice pose, great perch, and comp. Well done.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on May 10, 2011 at 8:14 AM

Lovely David - brings back very fond memories as they used to be in the vlei below our house in Zimbabwe.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 10, 2011 at 8:48 AM

Colors look excellent, very sharp.
Well composed also..I especially like the complimentary BG

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on May 10, 2011 at 3:41 PM

David it's all there in this lovely image,bird ,colours and bg all spot on.

Keith.

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Comment posted by May Haga on May 10, 2011 at 5:02 PM

Perfect David. Perch, background, sharpness all excellent.
May

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on May 10, 2011 at 7:49 PM

Very nice, David. Excellent pose and sharpness and an interesting perch. I like the background - colorful but not distracting. Only thing I would ask for is some more DOF to get the tail also in focus.

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