I thought I would share another White fronted bee eater with you, and his catch. Taken on a private farm last month. Cleaned some white stuff on the lower part of the perch, which is a protruding root of a tree.
Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/1600
F/5.6
ISO 640
Exp Comp +0.33
Hand Held
11-12-2010, 09:57 AM
Randy Stout
Stuart:
I really like the comp here with the leading line of the root leading us into the frame to the bird and his colorful catch. Colors are rich/complimentary .
Excellent.
Randy
11-12-2010, 12:10 PM
Jonathan Ashton
Absolutely superb great composition, pose and colours.
11-12-2010, 01:05 PM
Marc Mol
Very nice Stuart, great comp plus that huge dragonfly catch, great stuff!
TFS
11-12-2010, 01:48 PM
Nico Steenberg
Great light and comp Stu. Big catch adds interest. Like the glint in the eye. Subject is well exposed and sharp well done !
Will see you tomorrow at LC :)
11-12-2010, 03:14 PM
Pieter de Waal
Stuart you certainly have some great images of this species and all with prey. Never seen one with a Dragonfly before. Like this one for the complimentary colours and eye contact as well.
11-12-2010, 04:00 PM
denise ippolito
Fantastic! I love the BIG DF:). Beautiful BG colors. Nice work.
11-12-2010, 04:14 PM
wendell westfall
Stuart, Nice one. The clarity of the dragonfly's wings impressive.
11-12-2010, 04:36 PM
Morkel Erasmus
excellent composition, light, exposure and clarity, and I love the morsel in the mouth Stu!
11-12-2010, 07:00 PM
Sindri
Great catch for the both of you. Excellent composition.
11-12-2010, 07:29 PM
annmpacheco
I really like the light here and the pose with the goods. How often would one run into a bee eater in your parts? excellent details
11-12-2010, 07:57 PM
Christopher Schlaf
Excellent
Excellent everything
11-12-2010, 09:08 PM
Ákos Lumnitzer
Excellent work bro. Love the pose and the humongous dragonfly. It looks fab mate. Well done. :)
11-12-2010, 10:31 PM
Ken Watkins
Great image these birds are insanely beautiful. Nice to have such an uncluttered BG, plus of course a very fine Dragonfly.
11-13-2010, 01:44 AM
Mark Young
Quite a meal for the Bee Eater. Nice colours in the bg and bird.
11-13-2010, 11:33 AM
Dan Avelon
wow such a beautiful shot with great light and what a colorful specie.
11-13-2010, 01:30 PM
Ian Anderson
Great dragonfly and bird photo. Both subjects really came out well.
11-13-2010, 01:44 PM
Stu Bowie
Thank you all for the kind words and feedback. Much appreciated.
11-14-2010, 10:26 AM
Kiran Poonacha
All said above.. I loved the colours too..
11-14-2010, 04:34 PM
Arsdel Fluesmeier
Very nice one. Background great.
11-15-2010, 11:50 AM
Jim Crosswell
Great image Stuart! I like the dragonfly, BG and sharpness in this one.