Green Bee Eater

[Adithya UN]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2455/3610149264_d37ae7cd40_o_d.jpg

Made this image in my home town, in Karnataka, India.
I believe its a Juvenile Bee eater.

Comments and critics are welcome. Thanks for watching...

Tech Specs:

SS: 1/250
Aperture: F8
ISO:400
Lens: Canon 300mm F2.8 + Canon 2x Tc
camera: canon 40D

[Juan Aragonés]

Sweet light, pose and BG and very sharp. Too bad that this guy is in not perfect plumage condition. I would try to made a partial levels adjustment in the eye and I am wondering if you did some additional processing job on the BG because it seems that does not match the soft light in the bee eater. If you toned down a bit the BG (I do that very frequently) you have to take care because you are facing the risk of oversaturation. Very good job with this beautiful bird :-)

[Adithya UN]

Hi Juan,
Nope i did not do any extra processing on the BG. It is perfectly natural BG with out any Post Processing, apart from the common steps like levels, Brightness and contrast, Saturation.

How ever i did try some Shadow Highlight feature in CS3 to recover some details near the eye. May be that has resulted in a different light on the subject and the BG.

BTW BG here is a muddy pond which was in a shade compared to the light on the Subject.

Thanks for the comments :)

[Juan Aragonés]

OK, thank you for the additional information :)

[Ramon M. Casares]

I agree with Juan regarding the bird's plumage condition, but the shot has a wonderfull ight, bg, pose, colors and comp. COngratulations!

[Nagesh Mula]

Adithya, its a beautiful picture. nice and smooth BG with a good position of the bird.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle, BG and the leaves complement the plumage well, maybe a bit oversaturated.