White Fronted Bee eater

[Stu Bowie]

I visited my favourite location on sunday, the Pilanesberg National Park. Of course, I couldnt resist my customary take off shots, and I decided to try my luck with some Bee eaters that had pitched up. These guys are extremely quick, and although not the best HA, I did like the colours of the Bee eater against the distant OOF grasslands. Taken early morning.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8 +2X TC = 600mm
1/3200
F/6.3
ISO 1000

Hand Held

[christopher galeski]

Excellent image Stuart,nice flight pose and head angle,good BG,sharp with nice detail,well done.

[keith mitchell]

Stuart excellent is the word, love everything about it.

Keith.

[Gerald Kelberg]

Beautiful shot, Stu!

Action well caught and the colours against the background look spectacular.

Thanks for sharing, Gerald

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent take off shot, Stuart. The sharpness is great and the colors are amazing.

[Gerhard Weldhagen]

Great flight shot, well done.

[John Robinson]

All been said! Excellent work and a hiny of something in the back which I like
John

[Marina Scarr]

Killer flight image, Stuart! The light and colors are out of this world. The bird is in an interesting contorted flight pose.

[Ivan Ellison]

Great looking bird, I like the head angle as he seems to be looking back at you. You lucky man to have these on your doorstep.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for all the feedback everyone.

[Troy Lim]

I would not change a thing in this image. TFS.

[Alison McCoy]

Amazing image. Love the vibrant color against the pleasing bg.

[Roy Priest]

Wonderful image. All has been said but wanted to add my two cents worth.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Stuart! I like the wing position, fanned tail, sharpness, BG and composition. I think the HA works fine here do to the birds flight angle being slightly away from us.

[Satish Ranadive]

Gorgeous image.
Love the down stroke wing, fanned tail feathers, HA and wonderful colour pallet.
Great composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[David Salem]

Beautiful frame Stuart. I love the colors in the bird in the background. You wish for a better head angle but that's actually what makes shot for me. He's obviously pointed away but he's looking back over his shoulder at you, Pretty cool. Pretty darn good details too. Nice flight Frame.

[Doug Brown]

Beautiful flight frame Stu! Love the vibrant color in the bird and the perfect head turn back towards you.