Green Bee Eater & a dragon fly

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

A bee eater downs a dragon fly as it tosses it up in the air.
1DX II
700mm
1/1600
f/7.1
ISO 800
Manual exp auto ISO

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super shot Sanjeev, super plumage detail and the dragonfly is the finishing touch. the shot is alll about the bird and the dragonfly so I am beginning to take a more relaxed approach to perches, it could be wished the bird was in front rather than behind the perch - well it wasn't and I got over it!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Excellent action. At the right moment, but with today's frame rates it's just picking the right one to process:c3:. I do feel the composition would benefit from some extra canvas left and top. Appealing subject, with a beautiful red eye.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Sanjeev .. like this one very much .
Right timing when taking the shot ... or the right amount of burst .... LOL .
If this is not large crop , I personally , would like to see the detail finer with the given kit and techs . Just my take ...:w3

Colors looking realistic to me .

Nice one Sanjeev

[dankearl]

Great time, fun frame. I think it could go a bit looser crop.

[Jack Backs]

Really nice action shot, sharp where it needs to be. I like the composition.

[Alex Becker]

Great pose and action. I like the perch and OOF leave to balance the image. Some good crop suggestions above which I agree with. Love these bee eaters, I've only seen them once and didn't many any good images -- so jealous! TFS

[Steve Kaluski]

Excellent action. At the right moment, but with today's frame rates it's just picking the right one to process

Hi Sanjeev, totally agree on Dan's observation. I also feel Andreas has a point about the finer detail, but perhaps in selectively lifting the shadows a tad may bring out some of that detail masked. Glad to see you are really getting to grips in changing your 'shooting' mode.

TFS
Steve

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Thanks everyone for your kind comments. Andreas and Steve, I will send the RAW file if you could help me with the finer detail.

[arash_hazeghi]

superb action and the details look good from here, the main issue that is holding this image back is the steep shooting angle unfortunately you needed to be a ft or two higher

TFS

[Andreas Liedmann]

Sanjeev feel free to fire ....

[John Mack]

Killer. Love everything about this one.