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Stu Bowie
10-20-2010, 09:22 AM
A follow up from my previous post. Taken two weekends ago on a private farm where these guys are breeding and nesting. I can vouch that these guys never went hungry. Every image I have of these guys, they have a meal in their beaks. Cleaned some white stuff on the lower part of the perch, which is a protruding root from a tree.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/1600
F/6.3
ISO 640

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand Held
DanWalters
10-20-2010, 09:53 AM
Great light and color! Also like the fact both have bees in their bills!
Kiran Poonacha
10-20-2010, 11:26 AM
great sharpness on both birds, good HA and the bees add greatly to this wonderful image.. congrats Bhai..
Mital Patel
10-20-2010, 11:34 AM
this is absolute magic . both bee-eaters having same feed is just co-incident isnt it ? pure gem.
Dumay de Boulle
10-20-2010, 11:46 AM
WOW!!! Top, top class image Stu
Stu Bowie
10-20-2010, 12:54 PM
Thanks a stack guys.
Bill Dix
10-20-2010, 01:36 PM
Stunning, Stuart. Beautiful HA on both birds, great light and color and background. And the two bees are a real double-whammy.
Kaustubh Deshpande
10-20-2010, 02:43 PM
One heck of a shot, Stuart. Colors, head turns, BG, exposure, preys...you got it all here. Marvellous.
Grace Scalzo
10-20-2010, 03:52 PM
Hey! What a top notch image, full of beautiful colors and interest. Way to go, Stuart!
Pieter de Waal
10-20-2010, 04:09 PM
Excellent image Stuart, I like the sharpness and light on the birds. Head angle of both birds and with bees is fantastic - well captured.
Jim Fenton
10-20-2010, 04:37 PM
I will simply say that I'm jealous :)
Jim Crosswell
10-20-2010, 06:26 PM
Stuart another top quality image. Getting the two with the bees puts this one over the top!
Bhushan Dalvi
10-20-2010, 10:23 PM
Beautiful image Stuart. The bees in the beak make it awesome.
Ken Watkins
10-21-2010, 02:02 AM
Stuart,

Wonderful capture, as everybody else is commenting on the bees I would just like to add that virtually every sighting I have had features dragonflies.
Dudley Watson
10-21-2010, 08:08 AM
Great image...Lovely detail epecially on bees Well captured Stuart
Stu Bowie
10-21-2010, 09:16 AM
Thank you all so much for the kind words.
Bonnie Block
10-21-2010, 05:35 PM
I agree, this one is magic. How amazing.
Mark Dumbleton
10-22-2010, 02:56 AM
Excellent image Stu! Great light, HA and also both with the same catch makes this a winner!
RAM MALLYA
10-22-2010, 07:59 AM
Lovely catch HA ,Perch, and BG