Phil Liew
07-07-2008, 04:18 AM
This is a female Red-Bearded Bee Eater with the red fore-crown (male is pink all the way).
More often than not these are found in deep jungle and getting a "perfect shot" with a clean smooth bg is not always an option. I like this shot because of the eye contact and the sunlight coming through canopy cover gives it a nice sheen.
I have presented this in square format to give it a little bit more space to the left. The leaves on the foreground whilst obscuring part of the bird maybe distracting to some but I find it lends itself to making the picture complete as to the habitat of the specie. I would like to know what others feel.
Thanks for looking!
1D MkIII + EF600 mm + 1.4II ext
1/250s f/8.0 iso200 Av priority Evaluative metering.
http://www.pbase.com/996sps/image/99749892.jpg
More often than not these are found in deep jungle and getting a "perfect shot" with a clean smooth bg is not always an option. I like this shot because of the eye contact and the sunlight coming through canopy cover gives it a nice sheen.
I have presented this in square format to give it a little bit more space to the left. The leaves on the foreground whilst obscuring part of the bird maybe distracting to some but I find it lends itself to making the picture complete as to the habitat of the specie. I would like to know what others feel.
Thanks for looking!
1D MkIII + EF600 mm + 1.4II ext
1/250s f/8.0 iso200 Av priority Evaluative metering.
http://www.pbase.com/996sps/image/99749892.jpg