Abyssian Roller

[Ken Watkins]

Another new one for me, quite similar to the Lilac Breasted, but with white forehead,

Taken on 15th June 2012 in Kipedo National Park, Northern Uganda, early morning and rather dull

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 hand-held

F5, ISO 800, 1/800

[Rachel Hollander]

Ken - very nice. Pose, perch, HA and bg all work well. Good detail and sharp too. Looks like you enjoyed Uganda.

TFS,
Rachel

[Sanjeevprakash]

Ken,Nice Bird ,great BG and Nice perch aswell.

Is this a big crop? Maybe its just me, but I see some noise on the Tail of the Bird.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Love the perch, and perfect vertical comp. Colours are very nice. I may be tempted to tame the brighter circles in the BG near the bottom. Highly appealing image!

[Lorant Voros]

Very nice composition, perch and colors. I would not change a thing...like it as it is. Well done.

[Markus Jais]

Wonderful bird. Great composition and beautiful light and colors.

Markus

[Carmelo Cannova]

Beautiful soft light and love the pastel colors.

Carmelo

[PhilCook]

What a cracker !...very nice Ken, sweet bird and very sweet composition, fine feather detail is very good too. Just being pedantic but, there is some noise showing through, but it does not degrade the image much at all. I have trouble deciding with some of my images to tone down the noise and thereby reducing sharpness or visa versa, a tough call sometimes.

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot. Excellent pose, nice soft light, great background, and teriffic comp.
Well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice pose light and BG. I see some noise on feathers too