Bee-eater (Merops Apiaster)

[Ricardo Lourenço]

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Singing...

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Portalegre / Portugal

Canon 7 D
f 8
1/640
ISO 400
Canon Speelite 580 EX II
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[Doug Brown]

Love the pose and light. Sharpness is good and the exposure is nicely controlled. The bird feels a little tight in the frame to me; I would add some canvas to the top, bottom, and right. There appears to be some cloning visible near the wing tip on the left side of the image.

[Colin Knight]

+1 on Doug's comments. And there is a horizontal line below the wing. Lovely bird!

[Susan Liddle]

Love the action here, and the amazing array of color in the feathers. I'd like a bit more room above the bird.
Neat!! :D

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely calling pose, Ricardo. Doug has highlighted the main issues. Plumage could stand a little more sharpening for web presentation.

[Tobias Hayashi]

Excellent! The pose and colours of this bird really take it to another level. I agree that the image would benefit from more room around the bird, and a bit more sharpening (for the web at least).

[Juan Aragonés]

Doug nailed the critic. Please do not forget to disclose cloning if you have used in an image and feel free to coment on other members images :)

[Ricardo Lourenço]

I do not usually use this tool in Photoshop but a spot on the sensor did not give me another chance. I did not notice the defect. Thanks for alerting me.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Agree on the clone mark...But overall a well presented image

[Krijn Trimbos]

A bird I still wish I could photograph one day! Love the pose. Good sharpness and colours. Also agree on the space issue. Well done!