White Fronted Bee eater

[Stu Bowie]

Another image from my bee eater shoot way back in October last year. I like the way the bill and tail follow the perch. Taken early morning on a private farm.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/2000
F/5.6
ISO 640

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand held

[annmpacheco]

Hi Stu,
I agree with the parallel: perch and beak, perch and tail... nice also the BG colors are as beautiful as the bee eater. Wish we had these guys! great shot,


tfs ann

[Bill Dix]

Another beauty, Stu. Gorgeous colors and detail, great pose. Perfect head angle on the bee. I wonder if toning down the green portion of the BG would put it in less competition with the bird??

[Stu Bowie]

I wonder if toning down the green portion of the BG would put it in less competition with the bird??

Thanks Bill. Great suggestion on the greens in the BG. Never thought of that.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Absolutely gorgeous plumage detail, I love it - wouldn't change a thing!

[Chris Kotze]

Sharp,super colour,pose and detail. Excellent shot Stu

[Charles Scheffold]

Beautiful shot - colors, sharpness, exposure all there. Wish we had these birds here.

I hate to be picky about such a nice image, but I'm kind of wishing that the perch wasn't coming out of the bird's throat.

Charles

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Stuart, you have done quite well with these birds. Loved the sharpness, HA, prey and the colors. TFS.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all for the kind words. Always appreciated.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Lovely Stu, all been said, colours and light are superb. Catch definitely adds and love the plain BG TFS :)

[Herb Houghton]

I like the colors on this bird. The center crop works well with this image. Nice suggestion by Bill with the BG greens.

[Jim Crosswell]

Another beauty Stuart! I like the sharpness, pose and complimentary BG too.

[James Salywoda]

Outstanding colors and detail... Just beautiful Stuart

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Cant nit pick anything here !! This is wonderful !!

[Chris Martinez]

I love the way the Bee-eater is presenting the bee!! Perfect pose for the buzzy little pollen collector. The bird looks great too:p
The golden light has made for super saturated colours. Could you bring out a teeny bit more detail in the blacks behind the eye? I've calibrated my monitor for the first time two days ago so things are looking different, darker and more saturated.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all for the kind words. Always appreciated.

[Doug Brown]

Not sure how I missed this one Stuart. Love everything about this one, including how the lines of the bird mirror the lines of the perch. Great image!

[Stu Bowie]

No problem Doug - always great to receive your feedback.