Lilac Breasted Roller

[Jan Saunders]

Taken on afternoon in Kruger National Park.

Canon 7D
Canon 800mm f5.6 L Lens
Aperture priority
Spot metered

I cropped a bit.

[Marina Scarr]

Stunning bird and capture, Jan. The colors are outstanding, and the perch and BG are nice. I like the bird's pose very much. I would consider taking a little canvas off of the top to make the photo a tad more of a true vertical.

[PhilCook]

Wonderful colors on the bird and backdrop, liking the look over the shoulder, agree with Marina regarding cropping a bit more off the top

[gary ellwein]

Spectacular image. I love how the bg colors compliment those of the subject. Agree with Marina & Phil's complimentary comments and the critique relative to the crop.

[Maya Raut]

Hi Jan,

Beautiful bird and capture. I really liked colors on the bird, look back pose, BG, perch and details. One more vote for cropping from top.

- Maya

[Miguel Palaviccini]

I agree with the crop suggestion ... and if you go that route, I would consider painting in (with <10% opacity) some of the bg color into the sky so that there is a more gradual blend. Meaning, I'm not sure how well the blue will be received if the crop is tighter from the top.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice pose and details I would go for a standard 2:3 vert portrait crop here

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful and colorful image. Sharp and well composed.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I agree with the crop suggestion, vertical works well otherwise. Beautiful colours, BG, perch. Too bad the foot and perch tip are in the shade.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image with wonderful colors. I like the pose,perch and BG.

Regards,
Satish.

[Satish Ranadive]

Hi Jan,
I forgot to add modified image.I hope you don't mind and you may like it.Cropped on top and added slight canvas on right.Composition is personal choice.

117062
Satish.