Little bee-eater

[Marietjie Oosthuizen]

I caught this one just as it was jumping off the branch. It was taken on the Okavango river in Botswana.

Canon 1D Mark II N
500mm + 1.4 converter
1/2000 sec, f/6.3
Exp comp. +1/3
ISO 500

[Loukie Viljoen]

Baie mooi Marietjie, groete

[Albert Froneman]

Spectacular image!! VVWD from me - wish it was mine!!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Killer pose and eye contact but the bg looks a bit noisy!

[Keith Bauer]

What a COOL pose. Love the back of the bird. Great timing. Too bad the branch goes right through the bird... I'd be thrilled to have this in my files

[Maxis Gamez]

OMG!!! :eek::eek:

Fantastic capture. Excellent timing. Good work!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very cool takeoff pose, eye contact, light and details. Maybe a little NR on the BG.

[Peregrine Craig Nash]

I love this one. I think if you could crop the stick from which it was flying it would be amazing if not a true representation of what you saw.

[Nikolay Staykov - shotlandetsa]

fantastic moment and light !!! Just fabilous!!!

[Linda Robbins]

Love that spread wing takeoff pose and the face and back are so sharp! Wonderful capture.

[Neil Losin]

Superb action and sharp where it needs to be. Great work!

[Arthur Morris]

Amazing pose and amazing sharpness. A small crop from above and below would tighten it up nicely. All in all, spectacular!

[Aidan Briggs]

Spectacular pose, sharpness, and BG. The BG is a tad bit noisy. Wonderful image!!

[Marietjie Oosthuizen]

Thanks for the comments guys, much appreciated. I take note of the noise in the background, I usually forget about that...

[Jonathan Michael Ashton]

What a cracker, well done
Jon

[Michael Eckstein]

Spectacular bird and spectacular image!!!

[Gus Cobos]

Excellent composition, image and capture,
I like the sharp details and superb color rendition...:cool:

[Ken Watkins]

Absolutely spectacular, one for Birds and Birding I think!

[Tony Whitehead]

Great shot, Marietjie. Love the sharp eye. I would be tempted to soften the sharp patch on the perch so that the only sharp area is on the bird

[Nagesh Mula]

Simply Amazing shot!!