Lilac Breasted Roller

[Dumay de Boulle]

Canon 1D III
Canon 300 f2.8 L IS + 2x Ext
Exp - 0.33
SS 1/2000
f8
AWB
ISO 400
RAW file processed in CS5

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Dumay, great colors indeed...what a bird! You have handled the harsh light very well. Liked the simple perch. Bird angle is perfect and terrific sharpness.

I find it a little too tight at the top. If this is full frmae, adding canvas at the top will be very easy.

[Randy Stout]

Dumay:

Another beautiful roller. Such colorful birds.

He looks sharp, well exposed, nice eye, well scaled perch with some interest because of the curve.

Shooting angle a bit steep.

In a perfect world, would wish for a different colored BG, just to help show off those lovely colors.

Cheers

Randy

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful colours, and good vertical comp (although a bit tight as mentioned). Sharp, and well exposed. Looks like you had a steepish angle on this guy?

[Stu Bowie]

Hey mate, good clear view of the LBR, and with a nice pose and HA. Colours look spot on, sharp, and the comp works well.

Happy New Year to you too. Sorry I missed that weekend. I was told the road was closed due to the rains, so only came up the following day, and then you didnt pop in.:)

[OvidiuCavasdan]

Beautiful bird, nice and sharp. I dont mind the angle but would like a bit more room at top.

[George Cottay]

Beautiful.

With that great diagonal from tail to eye, might it be worth restoring a few pixels overhead?

[Pieter de Waal]

Hi Dumay, beautiful image of my favourite in Kruger. Great eye contact and colours well managed.

[Aravind Krishnaswamy]

Beautiful colors like others have said and more room at the top should be easy to add given the background.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Thanks all...I did want to add some at the top and decided not to...I should have gone with my first instinct:). Hey Stu, happy new year to you too. Saw Gerrie the Sat and he told me you were only gonna come through n the sunday...Anyway hope all is well on your side.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Lovely image Damay, always loved these birds for there colours. Have a great 2011, hopefully we will meet up this year, as I planning a few trip to Pilansberg, Mankwe hide :cheers:

[Chris Kotze]

Super pose colours and detail.

[noelle zaleski]

Gorgeous bird indeed!

Perfect perch and pose :)

[Hendri Venter]

The detail and colours rocks. Great image Dumay.