The other side of the carmine bee-eater

[gail bisson]

Canon 1DX
600mm and 1.4x
ISO 1250 SS 1/2000 f 5.6
HH from boat. We would drive the boat up the current and then drift down past the colony and this branch.
This bee-eater is a breeding adult with the long tail streamers
PP same as last post but the problematic OOF branch is not as prominent here.
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail

[Randy Stout]

Gail:

Lovely bird, excellent look back pose,nicely scaled perch.

Nice sharpness.

I might try to soften the blue area, upper right frame edge. The softer blue patches are fine.

Could see a vertical from this as well, with the long diagonal tail line working along the frame diagonal.

Cheers

Randy

[Bill Dix]

Just gorgeous. Shows that long tail beautifully, and avoids the few (very minor) issues with the earlier post.

[Ian Cassell]

Gail, what a wonderful collection of color! Beautiful bird and well framed.

[keith mitchell]

Gail I look forward to other comments on this, my take is the bird looks fine for sharpness and colour, b/g and composition look just fine, first class image.

Keith.

[Daniel Cadieux]

The pink on green is very nice. Excellent details on the subject, and except for the bigger pale area in URC I love the BG.

[mohammad reza shahab]

Excellent look back pose,perch,BG and colors.

[dankearl]

Beautiful bird, great head turn and lovely BG to go with it.......

[Diane Miller]

Just stunning in color and composition! The bright area int he UL does pull the eye a little. Some cloning at partial opacity in Darken mode might be worth a try.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Lovely colour combination and bird. This certainly is a pretty looking bird. Also, the nice skinny perch works well for this one.

[vishaljadhav]

Nice image, iQ is superb
i love the pink, red on the green and yellow makes it wonderful on the eye to see

[christopher galeski]

very nice,good colors,sharpness and detail,like the perch,agree with Diane about the UL light area,does catch the eye a bit.TFS.

[MiroslavMaric]

Beautiful composition and bird! Like the color balance of bird and BG. Great shot. TFS.

Cheers,
Miro

[Shantanu Ambulgekar]

Extremely beautiful bird and the image as well...Nice BG. TFS