A green bee eater

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

5D3 & 500 II+1.4 TC III
f/8
1/3200
ISO 800

[Diane Miller]

Very nice! I like the plain white (almost white) BG, and the small perch lets us see the bird nicely

It looks like you captured a very sharp shot, but the JPEG looks a little over-sharpened.

You might have gotten away with a slower shutter speed and lower ISO, but I can't say that there is anything wrong with what you got. A very handsome bird!

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Thanks Dianne. I kept the SS high as it was windy and the twig was swaying to & fro.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hey Sanjeev, like the minimal approach, although the colours do look washed out/thin based on shooting these literally a week ago in SA. Not sure if it's the light, but certainly ramping up the Yellow & Green begins to go so way in getting colour back into this vibrant bird. Good call on the techs, based on the situation.

TFS
Steve

[Luis Patacao]

Very nice species.. not very common here in Portugal. Its sharp, good posse and i agree with steve`s comment above. Still, very well done.

[Arthur Morris]

You did well in what looks like very harsh light... If it could stand a bit of a larger crop the bird would have more impact.