European Bee-eaters, a couple

[MiroslavMaric]

Canon 5DIII, 600 II L, f6.3, 1/400, ISO200, tripod, natural light.

2 frames, some kind of focus stacking. I switched in a second focus point and merged the half of each frame in PS. No other edits. The full size is: 5029x3585. However I lost some focus on the right bird.

Location: Croatia, last week.

Thanks for viewing and comments.

Cheers! Miro

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Gorgeous birds, superp IQ, bg and light. Very nice execution of the focus stacking. My only nit is that the perch falls off focus between the two birds. Nice work Miro

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Fantastic image Miro! Agree with Sidharth reg focus.......

[vishaljadhav]

I think i would appreciate the idea , IQ is nice with the stacking only the nit is in between space on the twig being OOF, do you have any more images of the birds you may be able to get the picture which had more focus on the twig and may try and stack that in.
i love the colours

[MiroslavMaric]

do you have any more images of the birds

Thanks, unfortunately I do not have any more frames. My mistake, I was quite sure that with 2 frames will be able to cover DOF. Next time I will have to make the frame of perch. The birds moved position in few seconds too. Cheers! Miro

[Andy Shepherd]

Hi Miro,

The stacking has given the image some great depth and the colours are so bright, slight nit covered re mid perch. Great work.

[Karl Egressy]

Lovely birs. Nice colors and details. Great to have them both in the frame.

[Iain Barker]

This is a lovley image of beautiful birds that I hope to see someday. I can't fault it.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very lovely work! nice sharpness and killer light!

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the sharpness, colourful birds, HA's, details and BG. I agree with the OOF mid perch comments. Well done.

[stuart wanuck]

Very we'll done great and unusual bird

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Miro, brilliant IQ, not to mention the detail, colours and sharpness. What a sweet clean BG that sets both BE's off vey well. Great work with the stacking.

[Ivan Ellison]

A lovely image, clever stacking of images technique, the soft branch in the centre lets it down. However I would say a nearly impossible shot to get without the two images together would love to have this on my wall.