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European Bee-eater
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European Bee-eater

by antino cervigni

Gallery: AvianPosted May 23, 2011152 views11 comments
Giving love food

D300
AF-S 200-400
1/500
f:7.1
iso 200
tripod

Thanks For Looking :smile:

Comments

11 comments
Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on May 23, 2011 at 4:45 PM
Antino. Love the action in this shot. The perch and overall comp is great too. The spike-like vege coming up from the bottom adds to the image IMO. To me, in the larger image, the birds and perch look oversharpened with a bit too much contrast. The high contrast and sharpening may have resulted in the the white patch on the right bird's forehead to be too bright on my calibrated IPS monitor. If this were mine I would reduce the sharpening and contrast on the birds and perch as this image is worth the work. Very nice shot overall.
Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments
Comment posted by John Robinson on May 23, 2011 at 5:57 PM
Minor nits covered this is a lovely shot.
ithink the spikey bits add something to the shot too.
JohnR
Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 23, 2011 at 7:21 PM
Is that a bribe or a thank-you gift? :smile:
Wonderful interaction here.
Nits mentioned.
A fine shot!
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by Peter Conway on May 23, 2011 at 10:58 PM
Quite beautiful! :smile:

Peter
Registered on June 25, 2007, 347 Posts, 3913 Comments
Comment posted by Steve Heironymus on May 23, 2011 at 10:59 PM
Love it Antino!!
Registered on November 1, 2003, 36 Posts, 1110 Comments
Comment posted by Raymond Klassen on May 23, 2011 at 11:38 PM
Really cool behavioral shot of two great birds. I hope I can see them some day. Great job!
Registered on November 30, 2008, 114 Posts, 790 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 23, 2011 at 11:53 PM
Nits already posted, but I love the interaction of the two birds and the tender moment captured. Nice work!
Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Hackley on May 24, 2011 at 4:48 PM
Way to cool, wonderful timing to get this, pose, background, interaction between the birds really make this an excellent shot. I also like Ron's suggestions as this is a real winner, way to go.
Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on May 24, 2011 at 9:27 PM
This is a really wonderful image Antino, great interaction and I really like the oof grasses at the bottom. I agree that the whites on the forehead look a little bit too bright and perhaps reducing the contrast and/or exposure would help with that minor point. Congrats on a great shot. :toast:
Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments
Comment posted by David Sparks on May 24, 2011 at 10:48 PM
Congrats on capturing this terrific behavioral interaction between two beautiful birds! Fantastic photo.
Registered on May 26, 2007, 290 Posts, 4270 Comments
Comment posted by May Haga on May 26, 2011 at 6:39 PM
Excellent interaction between the two birds. Everything is nice and sharp. Very well done.
May
Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments