Chestnut Headed Bee Eaters

[Tsechien]

My 1st picture posting here straight from Introductions.....talk about jumping into the deep end :o. Really hope you all like this.

These birds are only found here from Dec-May each year and they breed around Jan-March before migrating back up north to the Istmus of Kra, Southern Thailand. They can be fairly easy to approach with a car and once they get comfortable with a photographer's presence, they will freely do their stretching and courtship feeding. This one took several hours of waiting to happen but it paid off.

Chestnut Headed Bee Eaters
Location : North Peninsula Malaysia
Winter passage and breeding migrant


Aperture Priority : 1/320s , f/11.0 at 850.0mm, ISO 400, Matrix Metering
D300, Nikkor AFS 600mm f4, 1.4X TC on a Kirk Car Window Mount

chien

[Haim Ziv]

Welcome to BPN. Very colorful of my favorite birds.

[Jay Tan]

Hey Chien! Nice to see you here! Lovely bee-eaters in good light. The uniform pose of the two makes this really outstanding!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Welcome to BPN, Chien! Great first post, your patience really paid. I like the similar stretching poses, eye contact, details and BG. You could add more room top and right to get the birds out of the center. Keep them coming!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Wow Chien wonderful timing and a big welcome to BPN. Love it that you were able to capture two in good lighting and with a similar pose. Will look forward to your future posts. !!!

[Tsechien]

Thank you all very much for the kind feedback.

Jay-great to see yah here as well, it's a small world.

chien

[Glenn Bartley]

Welcome. A great first post. Such cool birds.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Welcome to BPN Chien - your name is spelled the same way as the word "dog" in french :-)

Great first post. More room above and right as Axel suggests would be great. Looking forward to more!

[Jonathan Michael Ashton]

Absolutely beautiful shot, great detail and exposure
Jon