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Carmine Beeeater
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Carmine Beeeater

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: AvianPosted April 6, 201498 views5 comments
Another image taken 5 years ago from our camping trip to Botswana.This time from Nxai Pan. The feed looks more like a wasp to me :wink:
EOS 1D MkIII
500mm F4
F6.3
ISO 800
1/4000
EV +0.33

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Hans Overduin on April 6, 2014 at 6:46 AM
Ouch.. Typical behavior, but the prey is awesome this time ! Cheers, Hans
Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 6, 2014 at 8:26 AM
Nice, Ken. Great moment to catch it in the open beak.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on April 6, 2014 at 10:42 AM
Beautiful bird and excellent capture of the action!
Registered on January 14, 2009, 316 Posts, 2724 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Gulash on April 6, 2014 at 11:29 AM
Stunning bird and the prey is pretty cool as well. I'm not wild about the background Ken, maybe if you shot this wide open it would have rendered that background a bit smoother.
Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on April 7, 2014 at 3:18 AM
Thanks everybody, much appreciated :toast:

Gary,
Looking again the BG is pretty bad, perhaps a blur might have helped :wink:
Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments