Lilac Breasted Roller

[Loong-Tat Wong]

Hi
Sharing an image of this colorful bird with a grasshopper in its bill. Thanks for viewing and your kind comments!

Image details: 1Dm4 Fl 840mm f 5.6 1/2000 ISO 1600 EV +1.0 beanbag

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

a killer bg with a great action,pose!

[Colin Driscoll]

A very nice shot for many reasons: lovely smooth lighting, great BG toning nicely with the perch, sharp, balanced crop and above all a superb subject.

[Ken Watkins]

There appears to be some strange colours in the wing, and it has got such a defined upper edge, that it looks like it is pasted on, sorry.

[Loong-Tat Wong]

Hi Ken
No worries! There has been no manipulation of the BG. The bird landed on an isolated perch that was very far from the grass BG(as they often do) and we had a nice frame filling shot.:D . I shoot my images in faithful setting and in pp,I had to desaturate the image a little.

[pat lillich]

wow - the incredible colors make for a very painterly bird - love the crouching pose with the grasshopper in his mouth too. beautiful photo!

[Bhushan Dalvi]

Beautiful capture. I like the colors, pose and background.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Loong-Tat, this is lovely! Incredibly clean bg, awesome pose, astoundingly beautiful bird with an excellent pose, and a grasshopper to boot! Congrats!