european Roller with Armour cricket

[peter delaney]

d3 200-400 vr lens. bean bag and panning plate...

[Stu Bowie]

Superb timing to capture the cricket at the edge of the beak. Excellent exposure on the colours, and nice and sharp. Well captured Peter.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Your timing was perfect Peter with lovely lighting color and detail. and a good catchlight in the eye and just enough of a head turn. Fine work and thanks for sharing.

[Dave Phillips]

what a pleasure to view

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Nice timing,light and colors,I would prefer a better angle

[Jody Melanson]

Great action going on here! Wish the angle wasn't so steep....

[Arthur Morris]

Cool capture, very sharp. Agree with Manos on the need for a shallower angle and would prefer that the cricket's let not be touching the bird's bill. BTW, that is one fat cricket! Later and love, artie

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Aside from the steep angle I like it a lot and might crop a bit off the top. There is also a slight sharpening halo around the edges.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Peter,
I'm with the tighter crop group which should come as no surprise to you. The angle isn't that botheresome to me.
Roman

[Anton Roos]

Ditto tighter crop. pin sharp, good colours and timing. Well done.

[peter delaney]

thanks to everyone for your comments..... your points about crop taken onboard..... unfortunately not a lot I cud have done about angle

thanks again