Little Bee-Eater

[Ian Wilson]

Captured in Tarangire NP, Tanzania, on 5 April 2015.

Canon 5DIII + 600 mm f/4 II + 1.4x III extender, hand-held from vehicle.
Manual, spot metering, spot AF, f/7.1, 1/640 sec, ISO 400.
Processed with DPP4 and PS Elements, removed a few distracting bits of vegetation in the background.

Thanks for looking, critical feedback welcome and appreciated.
Regards, Ian.

[christopher galeski]

nice capture Ian,nice pose and perch,sharp with good detail,the only nit is the BG bottom left,easy sorted.TFS.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Super pose and light on the bird. I like how it's perched between the short branches. Nice vertical comp.

[Karen Pleasant]

You did a fine job handholding and capturing this from a vehicle! Excellent technicals, composition and processing. I would be tempted to take just a little off the bottom to tame the lower LH corner.

My goal for my first trip to SA is to come home with at least one keeper image of a bee eater! LOL! Great inspiration here!

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful capture of a beautiful bird. Nice pose and perch. My eye, too, went to the lower left corner, that might be smoothed out a bit if you do that sort of thing.

[Diane Miller]

Beautiful -- great colors and detail! I'm with the gang on the LL -- I'd crop to just below where the stem attached to the dark bud intersects the main stem and remove the two diagonal branches. I'd also trim the tiny piece of a light branch in the UR.

[adrian dancy]

A lovely bird...nice processing. I'm fine with the crop.

[Ian Wilson]

Thanks everyone for your comments and useful suggestions. This morning I set to work on the image and adopted most of your suggestions. It all made quite a difference and I am very grateful for your help. Warm regards, Ian.