Avian Wild and Free IOTW 11/06/2008 Chris van Rooyen

[James Shadle]

Congratulations Chris van Rooyen!
Another Carmine from the Okavango


Another image rom my recent trip to the Okavango. I found that although difficult, the MK III managed to follow the bee-eaters in flight with reasonable success. I used centre sensor, AF Servo with expanded focus points.

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date/Time: 2008:10:27 09:43:13
Shutter speed: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Exposure mode: Tv
Exposure compensation: +1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 800
Focal length: 500mm

[Alfred Forns]

One impressive image Chris !!! Big Congrats !!!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Congratulations, Chris! Well deserved.

[Fabs Forns]

Totally spectacular!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Congratulations Chris!
A lovely image. Well deserved.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Charl Steyn]

Very nice Chris. Lovely capture.
Groetnis, Charl

[Kaushik Balakumar]

Lovely action.
Congrats Chris !

[Gus Cobos]

Congratulations Chris...:cool:

[christopher galeski]

brilliant shot congratulations chris.thanks.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Thanks guys, this is a great honour for me!

[Bill Sharkey]

Very nice shot Chris, congratulations :)

Bill

[Julie Kenward]

Wow! You really can't ask for much more than that now can you? Congrats, Chris!

[Aidan Briggs]

Congrats, Chris!!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Congratulations Chris

[Chris Starbuck]

Congrats Chris! Stunning image!

[Tony Whitehead]

Well done, Chris. Well deserved.

[Harold Davis]

awesome!! congrats!!

[Doug Brown]

Way to go Chris!

[Chris Hansen]

Chris, What a cool image and an awesome bird. I love the detail in the feathers and the eye.

God's blessed light to you,

Chris

[bill kominsky]

A HUGE congrats on this very exquisite image, very well deserved.

Bill

[Robert Amoruso]

Wow. What can I say.

[Greg Lukasik]

Wow, brilliant shot. congratulations. greg