Blue Throated Bee Eaters

[Tsechien]

Here is a couple more beeeaters, Blue Throateds this time having some sort of debate on a perch. This pic is a wee bit "hot" as it was near midday and I had been waiting a while for this to happen with 2 to 3 birds on the perch but not doing anything interesting. It finally came together for a split second. There was a 3rd bird on the right which could not be fitted into the frame.

Blue Throated Bee Eaters
Location : Northern Peninsula Malaysia
http://www.pbase.com/tsechien/image/99270317/original.jpg

D300, Nikkor 600mm f4 ,1.4XTC on a Kirk Window Mount
1/500s f/10.0 at 850.0mm ISO 640

chien

[Fabs Forns]

Sweet exchange!!! Love these birds!
I'd lighten the eye on the one in the right, and you can post them 800 pixels on the longest side :)

Clean background and nice perch!

[Glenn Bartley]

Very nice and colorful. I like the interaction between the two.

[Dave Phillips]

ditto Fabs.....the bg blends/enhances very well colorwise

[Cheryl Ertelt]

This one made me smile. the interaction and the colors make this one for me.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Chien,
As others have mentioned...........the interaction is very nice and I'm glad you didn't get the third one involved as it may have detracted from this. I also agree with Fabs on the eye lightening.

[Brian Wong]

Hi Tsechien!

I love the interaction, and I love the beautiful colors! Would like to see these someday! The faint OOF stalk that is squarely in the middle bothers me a bit, and I would tend to remove it if it fits your ethics. Would be nice to be able to see it bigger!

[Jeffrey Sipress]

My, that's a fine photo.

[Tsechien]

Thank you all very much for the valuable feedback.

Will try posting a larger image the next time. I must have read the old guidelines on maximum sizing.

chien