Little Green Bee Eater

Gallery: AvianPosted January 8, 20081,640 views19 comments

Wild Ass Sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutchh, India

1D2N, 500mm+2x, tripod
f/11, 1/800, ISO250

I made a trip to western India recently to photograph migratory birds and resident mammals. The Green Bee Eaters are resident birds but they do move down to warmer parts of the country in the winters.
All comments welcome. Thanks for looking.

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by Terry Sohl on January 8, 2008 at 1:45 PM

Such vibrant birds. Beautiful bird and shot Satie. Great detail.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on January 8, 2008 at 2:10 PM

Love it Satie. Great pose with the bird on the right side of the perch to show the whole body and interesting tail, wonderful colors, background is nice, perch is interesting with those thorns and the detail on the bird is top-notch. Very nice shot.

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Comment posted by Whum on January 8, 2008 at 2:17 PM

Lovely image Satie. Nice pose, light and background. Like that perch too and bug in the bill tops it off. But the name of the Santuary did throw me though

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on January 8, 2008 at 2:26 PM

Excellent image Satie - beautiful bird captured well with the strongish light, crisp, great background and perch.

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Comment posted by Hans Spiecker on January 8, 2008 at 2:49 PM

I guess I can agree with all the comments but I feel it needs more. So, all I have to say is Perfect!

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on January 8, 2008 at 9:33 PM

Just beautiful, Satie......

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Comment posted by Doug Backlund on January 8, 2008 at 10:57 PM

Impossible to improve on. I love it!

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on January 8, 2008 at 10:58 PM

Awesome, replete with bee in beak. This shot really shows of the wonderful colors on the Bee Eater.

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Comment posted by Danny Shelton on January 8, 2008 at 11:40 PM

Perfectly captured. Striking!

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Comment posted by Ray Sanchez on January 9, 2008 at 12:04 AM

Satie,
Outstanding shot! Beautiful in every way.

Registered on March 22, 2006, 46 Posts, 594 Comments

Comment posted by KC Choo on January 9, 2008 at 12:41 AM

This is simply, simply beautiful, Satie!

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Comment posted by Daniel Streifel on January 9, 2008 at 1:31 AM

Wow, I like it Satie. Like the other comments I think this is beautiful.

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Comment posted by Lee Daniels on January 9, 2008 at 9:31 AM

Another stunner, Satie! Love the spikes and the complementary points of the tail and beak.

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Comment posted by Neil Losin on January 9, 2008 at 11:23 AM

Just excellent, Satie! I particularly like the perch in this shot. Great work!

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Comment posted by David Williams on January 9, 2008 at 1:32 PM

Just an awesome shot, Satie.......love everything about it!

Registered on March 8, 2005, 315 Posts, 2291 Comments

Comment posted by Jose Suro on January 10, 2008 at 8:24 AM

What glorious color. Love the detail and the prey is a super plus. Great job.

Jose

Registered on June 24, 2006, 267 Posts, 2273 Comments

Comment posted by Nat Coalson on January 10, 2008 at 11:45 AM

Beautiful capture and great timing! The background really works, too. That's one photogenic bird!

I really like how the points of the tail and beak mimic the spines on the tree.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on January 10, 2008 at 9:13 PM

Gorgeous image and the bee puts it over the top, congrats Satie

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Comment posted by David Kjaer on January 11, 2008 at 5:29 AM

Beautiful!

David

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