Swallow-tailed Bee-eater in afternoon light

[Richard Flack]

Location: Daan Viljoen Game Reserve, Namibia
Date taken: 29 July 2012
Photo details:
Canon EOS 7D
100-400mm
ISO 160
Shutter speed 1/400
F-stop 6.3
Exposure bias 0

Small crop, removed some twigs on the left.
Look forward to your comments.

[hennieloots]

Hi Richard - I like the comp, colors on the BE and HA, the branch extending to the LHS adds interest IMO. The BG color works well and compliments the BE. Nice sharpness and color on the eye. IMO, maybe to reduce sharpening on the breast/chest area and more NR to the BG?
TFS
Hennie

[Marina Scarr]

Killer subject with just amazing colors and pose. I like the BG and the perch adds interest.

[Andre Pretorius]

Nice comp and lovely light. Agree with with Hennie on sharpness and NR.

Well captured!!

[christopher galeski]

nice one,love the BG,loverly pose of a loverly bird,would remove the bird lime off the perch.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Richard, lovely light, and the BE pops so well against the darker BG. Hennie hits the high notes with regards to reducing the sharpness on the chest area, and NR on the BG.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Great light & lovely species. Excellent HA & BG. TFS

[Karl Egressy]

Beauty bird and nice composition, Richard.

[gail bisson]

I like this one a lot.
Best thing for me is the shadow on the tail.
I might take a bit off the RHS.
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

My initial thought (after remarking how appealing the image is) was that the sharpening seemed to be a tad strong so I agree with the previous comments about that. The image, however, simply rocks! Great colours, perch, BG, comp. You may want to tidy the white-wash on the branch at left.

[David Salem]

Great looking shot of this beautiful Bee-eater. The light is awesome and the detail looks great. Well done