Carmine Bee-eater on riverbank.

[Marc Mol]

A Southern Carmine Bee-eater resting on the bank of the Luangwa River.
Sth Luangwa Nat Park- Zambia.

Nikon D2Xs
300 f/2.8 VR
ISO 200
1/1000s
f/2.8
300mm

http://africaddict.smugmug.com/photos/241052048_ueBwY-L-1.jpg

C & C most welcome

Cheers
Marc

[Doug Brown]

Beautiful bird Marc! Excellent eye contact, color, and sharpness. I might crop a little off the bottom and add some to the top of the frame. Looks a little noisy on my monitor. Thanks for posting!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Very attractive bird. Bright and nice colours. Clean bg. Look forward to more of the species

[Julie Kenward]

Beautiful image, Marc but you have JPEG artifacts all around your subject edges. You might want to back off the level of sharpness or run some noise reduction to lose those little squigglies around your bird and grass.