Another portrait of Bee Eater

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

D800E
300mm f/2.8G VR II with TC-20E III
600mm
ISO 800
f/8 at 1/500s
Manual mode
AF-C, Dynamic 9 points
Auto white balance
bean bag inside a car

Cropped from 7360x4912 to 3925x2718

Adjust WB, highlight recover, linear burn, curve, add a bit of vibrant and saturation, darken pupil, NR and sharpen.

Hope I get the one with prey next time.
All comments and suggestions are welcome.

[Jim Thomas]

Beautiful bird! DOF is a bit thin. Iwould have liked the bill to be sharper.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Amazing detail, lovely pose & colors. Nicely done.

[Richard Stern]

Beautiful pose, colors and background. I agree about the tip of the bill, but the rest of the bird is tack sharp. Very nice!

Richard

[PhilCook]

Great closeup and contrasting nicely against the smooth backdrop, yes to a bit ,more dof to get the beak in even focus, and maybe back off the sharpening a little

[Derek Willcox]

very nice bird agree with the others a bit more DOF to get the beak in focus

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent portrait.Wonderful colors and details.Nicely composed.
Agree about DOF.

Regards,
Satish.