Bee-eater

[Marko Matesic]

Canon 20D + EF 100-400mm@ 360 ,1/200 s, f/7.1,ISO 200,-0.33 eV......bean bag

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3235/mg1898copycopyme5.jpg


Hello , my name is Marko Matesic( 31) amateur bird photographer from Croatia.....
I am new on the forum....:)
I don`t have expensive lenses...but try to make best I can with my canon 100-400 :)....only lens I own ....day and night dreaming about 500 f4....

C&C are welcome :)
P.S. sorry for my English :o

[Dobromir Dobrinov]

Great image!!Very nice colors,good composition,beautufil BG.Well done!!!!

[Jim Poor]

Dobar dan! To je vrlo ljepo slika!

Your English is better than my Croatian, but we try don't we. :D

I like this image a lot just as it is, but might crop just a hair of the left side and top to move the bird further off center than it already is.

[Bob Kaufman]

Very sharp image, Marko! For me, I'd remove a little from the right side. I think there's too much empty space there.

[Rosl Roessner]

Welcome Marko,
this is a fantastic picture. Beautiful colours, sharp an very pleasing composition.
I like it very much!
And I am dreaming of the 500mm as well, using the 100-400.... A shame, we can't share one!

[Jody Melanson]

Hi Marko and welcome to BPN! What an entrance with this stunning image! Love the subject, pose, perch and BG colours. Very sharp also. My only suggestions would be to crop and tiny bit off the left a perhaps a little off the top. A tiny more DOF for the tip of the tail would put this over the top. But excellent as presented.

Look forward to more from you!

[Michael Eckstein]

Excellent image!!! very beautiful bird. I agree with the crop ideas too. Don't know if a 500mm could do any better. I too long for the 500mm F4. The 100/400L is my main lens too.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great details, pose and light. I would just crop a bit off the top.

[Maxis Gamez]

What a lovely looking bird and image. The pose and BG are simply fantastic. Excellent work!

[Jay Tan]

Very beautiful colors, bird and overall image. The pose is nice too. Only thing missing for me is more elements of its environments, leaves, branches etc. But that is just my personal taste. Great image. :)

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Wow!!!
Fantastic details,colors and BG!!!