Little Bee Eater

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi all ....
this little fella was photographed back in 2014 , location was the far north eastern tip of Namibia in the Babwata NP .

Canon EOS 1D MK IV
EF 500 IS L
Bean bag

F 8 ; Iso 1250 ; 1/1000 sec

Processed with DPP 4 and PSCC 2021

Thanks for watching and commenting to my previous posting

Cheers Andreas

[Jonathan Ashton]

10/10 Andreas! love it. Ok tail tip is soft .....but I don't care.

[gail bisson]

Such pretty birds.
Excellent IQ and nice complimentary BG.
I am OK with OOF tail.
Nice, solid image ,
Gail

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Jon and Gail for your comments ...

Surprised that you mentioned the OOF tail .... technically not possible to get the tail in focus , not even F 11 would have helped here !!!!

Cheers Andreas

[Kurt Bowman]

Nice work on this. Techs look great, I like the BG color it compliments you subject nicely. Great frame!

[Mike Poole]

Great to see you got some soft subtle light. great angle and details as good as expected. Tail is a non issue to me

Mike

[Bill Dix]

Lovely pose and colors on this beautiful little bird.

[Volkan Akgul]

Hi Andreas, very very good.

Andreas signature that impresses both soft, sharp and natural
Congratulations

[Dorian Anderson]

I really like this Andreas. Lovely color, exposure, and details. My focus goes straight to his beautiful face, so I don't ming the tail at all. I'd actually prefer a bit more DOF across the perch, but that's
far from a deal breaker.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks folks for your kind comments , much appreciated .

@ Dorian , well might be better with more DOF across the perch ... but for the same reason as the tail closing the aperture would not have helped .