Male(left) and female Bee-eater

[Tom van den Brandt]

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Taken in France from a small tent hide. Cropped for composition.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 500mm
Iso 640
F 7.1
1/320sec

Cheers, Tom

[Joseph Przybyla]

Absolutely beautiful... your image makes me want to travel to France just to photograph these birds. Thank you for sharing.

[Ritesh Nangare]

Awesome Pair With Stunning BG....... TFS.

[Richard Flack]

That is stunning Tom, awesome symmetry, super detail, striking and a complimentary BG. Be very happy if that was mine. Well done!

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Tom , stunning image , very simple but bang in the face !!!
Great color and tones , very nice processed .:5.

TFS Andreas

[Grant Yang]

Beautiful image. I like that they're both sharp, and the nice clean background. Just wondering, how do you identify between males and female bee eaters?

[Bill Dix]

Simply gorgeous. All is said above. Congrats.

[Mike Poole]

Nothing more to add to the above other than another top notch shot of a beautiful subject

[David Salem]

Gota love that one. Perfect everything! Not much more I can say about this killer frame.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Just lovely.
Excellent head angle by both birds as they are looking the same direction. Lovely light and feather details.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Tom, love the symmetrical poses from both, and you have exposed and brought out the colours perfectly. You couldnt ask for a better BG either. Perfect perch too.

[Tom van den Brandt]

Beautiful image. I like that they're both sharp, and the nice clean background. Just wondering, how do you identify between males and female bee eaters?

Thanks Grant. It's hard to see the difference but when they sit together you can see that the yellow on the throat is a bit darker on the male:S3:

Thanks everyone for your nice comments, it's appreciated a lot!

Cheers, Tom

[Daniel Cadieux]

Perfect poses, comp, colours. I like that they are both sharp. Having a thin layer of moss on the branch gave it some character.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Tom! I like the poses, perch, IQ, exposure, details and composition.

[Arthur Morris]

Exquisite birds, colors, sharpness, image and BKGR. Head angles perfect.