Pair of Carmine Bee Eaters

[Rachel Hollander]

Another image of Southern Carmine Bee Eaters taken in South Luangwa N. P., Zambia.

Canon 7D2
100-400 II @ 371mm
1/800
f8
ISO 400
Handheld from safari vehicle, slight crop for comp, levels, curves, sharpened in CCPS.

C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

Rachel

[arash_hazeghi]

looks pretty nice Rachel, both have a good HA and the open beak adds more interest, only wish for a softer light
well done

[keith mitchell]

Right up my street Rachel,think you have got the colours of these superb looking birds spot on,calling one just gives the image just a bit more interest ,agree with Arash re the light but we have to use what we have.

Keith.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of lovely pair with superb HA, beautiful colors and details. Nice BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I agree about the light, but you handled it well and ended up with a rather pleasing image of this pair.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Arash, Keith, Satish and Daniel, much appreciated.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Rachel, colours are spot on, and I like that you have two in the frame, and one with an open beak. I do like your natural OOF BG, and that they are perched on a thin perch.

Will send you a mail later, as we were in Kruger for the weekend. :w3

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Stu. Looking forward to seeing your images from the weekend.:wave:

[Kalin Botev]

Great shot Rachel! These birds are on top of my bucket list. The light’s not perfect but we have to work with what we have. Do you have some shots of them coming at the perch?
Thanks for sharing!
Kalin

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Kalin. No shots of them flying. These two were already perched when we approached and stayed there while we took the images.

Thanks again,
Rachel