European bee-eater in flight

[MiroslavMaric]

Handheld, native light, 5D3, EF 600 II L IS, TC 1.4 III.
840mm, f/6.3, 1/4000, ISO 800.
PP: selective NR & cooling filter for sky, crop.
Location: Dalmatia, Croatia.



Thanks for viewing and comments.

Cheers,
Miro

[Isaac Grant]

Just a great BIF shot. Love the sense of speed and the wing position. My only criticism is that the background looks much lighter and more saturated than the bird. I think it would be best to tone down the background some more and lighten the bird so that the amazing colors of this bird are enhanced.

[John Robinson]

Great shot ideed Miro. I agree with Isaac re- the background distracting from the bird colours. Maybe enhance the eyelight a bit? A smashing shot whatever.
JohnR

[MiroslavMaric]

Thanks a lot Isaac & John. Agree about BG. It was morning light. I did the final touch on my laptop. Below is the 2nd version (removed cooling filter from BG and added a bit of exposure/tone balance to the bird).



Cheers,
Miro

[Mike Poole]

My first thoughts were the same as John and Isaac, but you RP has already fixed those issues. Otherwise this is a very well captured image, not easy to get good BIF of birds like this.

Mike

[christopher galeski]

nice image,repost better,good detail in the feathers,and well done for getting one of these in flight.

[Ritesh Nangare]

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MID AIR FREEZE OF THIS BEAUTI YOU HAVE HERE ..... LOVED IT FULLY .....

TFS...

[Robert Kimbrell]

Great job getting this in flight. The repost looks much better.