Carmine Bee-eater

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Visited Namibia recently, at this time of the year the carmines are preparing their nests for breeding. This is one of my favourites from my recent trip. D4 600vr 1/2500s at f5.6 ISO 1600.

[Karl Egressy]

Striking flight shot, Vivaldo. Everything worked out nicely; the wing stretch, fanned tail, eye contact and complimenting background.

[Frank Schauf]

Gorgeous light, comp and flight pose. Congrats on this one.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Awesome shot Vivaldo, great in coming pose, love the colors and the wing span and the eye contact! Excellent work!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Viv, great timing to capture this flight pose, and good DOF for 5.6. The colours are spot on, sharp, and that smooth BG compliments the carmine so well. Well captured.

[Danny Laredo]

Killer pose and BG.

[vishaljadhav]

Perfect timing,
i like the wing stretch and the clear wing exposure , lovely BG and great colour reproduction
catch light and composition is amazing .

[Marina Scarr]

This is an outstanding image. The colors, BG, flight pose, light. Everything works.

[Rick Bowers]

Fabulous image! Everything is perfect.

[Raybel Robles]

Beautiful! Superb image!

[Morkel Erasmus]

Just stunning my friend. Pose, light, colours, comp all spot on! :5

[hennieloots]

Hi Vivaldo - Gorgeous image. All the boxes ticked as mentioned above by everybody that loved this. TFS
Cheers
Hennie

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

All good comments above, not much to add but what an incledible specie. Lovely light too.

[Arthur Morris]

Stunning, stunning, stunning. I love the vegetation streaks in the BKGR. This one is a potential contest winner.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Gorgeous light and colors. Such a cool pose as well and the bonus catchlite

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Thanks everyone for all great comments it's appreciated :S3:

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent flight pose, extremely fanned tail & stretched wings. Lovely BG & composition. Thanks for sharing this great shot Vivaldo.

[Iain Barker]

Amazing. Love the pose and the way the background colours compliment the bird. The colours are something special.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

This is just stunning, Vivaldo. I echo all the positives above. Congrats!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Wow, that is an amazing flight pose you got here!! Colours, light, comp, details...all excellent! I'd consider perhaps toning down the line crossing tail-tip (it caught my eye right away) but man, what an image!

[Doug Brown]

This one rocks! Well done!

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Thanks again everyone :S3:

[Jim Crosswell]

Perfect image Vivaldo! Everything has been said but it would be a shame not to acknowledge such a fine image.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Thanks Jim :S3:

[adrian dancy]

Outstanding! Nothing more to say.

[Tim King]

This is just brilliant. IOW for sure.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Thanks Adrian and Tim.