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If this was a duck, it would have fitted the theme perfectly. I captured this in the Kruger National Park from my car, and positioned myself that the Bee-Eater was against a distant mountain, and not against a plain blue sky. I have purposely placed the BE centrally, as I wanted to show the end of the perch on the left, and to the right, the perch was getting a bit busy. Taken late afternoon.
Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8 +1.4 TC = 420mm
1/1600
F/6.3
ISO 800
Hand held from the car.
Hi Stu,
I really love what you have done here with the composition! The background really compliments the bird's colors. The perch looks almost 3-D to me.
I will suggest one area to clone out: Just to the right of the bird there are 3 branch stubs. The middle one which is darker seems to have a bird dropping on it (white color).
Thanks for posting this inspiring shot Stu :)
Ross
Well chosen pano crop, great perch, nice bird and super IQ. Bird gave you a good head angle and nice catch light in the eye. TFS.
Lovely image, perch, light, BG. I am good with the perch as is. The subject works well closer to the middle here bc you need that entire super perch in the image.
As soon as I saw it I knoew the composition had been carefully decided. The lighting and colours are absolutely tickety boo, gorgeous shot!
Great pose, background and amazing colors, Stu. If it was a Duck, it would be one of the winners for December.
I love the colors, pose, details, perch and especially the comp. This is worthy of a nice pano print in the hallway:S3:
I like the perch, pose, exposure, BG and composition. Excellent image Stu!
Thanks a stack for all the feedback everyone. Always appreciated.
Stuart you have certainly ticked all the boxes with this magnificent image.
Keith.
Great looking perch Stu and the bird aint too bad either :w3 Love the colours on the bird and what a great pose. All finished nicely with that great BG
Will
Beautiful colorful image, Stu. unconventional comp but well thought out and it works perfectly.
Gorgeous image. Elegant composition. Rest as usual great.
Regards,
Satish.
A winner, Stu. I like everything about the image. A most beautiful bird on a great thorny perch and a lovely BG.
Geoffrey
