Little Green Bee-eater

[A_Maddah]

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D300-Sigma150-500@450mm-1/160 SEC -ISO 320-f/8

Hi all
Thanks for the comments and looking.

Asad

[Danny J Brown]

Hi Asad - Nice diagonal composition and beautful color, as usual on this fellow. I think you caught the bee better than ever on this one. Lovely, clean background as well. I'm glad you had your DOF at f/8 because it looks like you needed all you could get. Looks like you started running out of room lower right but no problem for me. I wonder if you could fiddle with the S curve to make it pop a bit more?

[Brian Barcelos]

Love the way he is starring at the bee, very intense. You did great with the fact that the light was coming from the side. Head angle could be slightly better and could use a little more room on the bottom but all in all a great image Asad. Congrats

[James Littlejohn]

Beautiful colour. Love the tiny insect he's caught.
I usually like something going on in the background (soft patterns - but not distracting) and something to soften the corners. Something to give more context to the scene. I know this isn't always possible, though.
Great photo!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

nice light,colors...action!

[Chris van Rooyen]

Great posture and light, and the prey item rounds it off nicely! I agree that a bit more mid-tone contrast will enhance the overall effect.