Little Bee-Eater, Laikipia

[Loi Nguyen]

These little bee-eaters are among the toughest birds to to shoot for me. They are camouflaged so well that I often couldn't see them despite my guide pointing them out to me, often in exasperation "they are right there!" This is one of the few images I had of them.

The image seemed to have a yellow cast, so I tried to color balance it, not sure whether I have gone too far.

1DX
500f4 II + 2X III
1/640
F10
ISO-800
Hand held

Original horizontal, cropped for vertical, took some of the top for comp.

Appreciate your comments.

Thank you

Loi

[Satish Ranadive]

Loi,
Beautiful image of bee.eater. Nice pose,colors,I like the blue and black around the eye and nice details too.Looks little bright on my monitor.
Would darken the perch and yellow white OOF spots in the BG.

Regards,
Satish.