Lilac Breasted Roller

[Loukie Viljoen]

Julie & I are just back from 14 days in the Kruger National Park,took plenty of photos as usual, this was early one morning, enjoy.

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date/Time: 2008:10:11 06:397
Shutter speed: 1/1600 sec
Aperture: 8
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
Focal length: 700mm
Image size: 1024 x 711

[Ken Watkins]

Beautiful, all fluffed up against the cold. They do look odd like this!

[Alfred Forns]

Just perfect for my taste !!!! Gorgeous !!!!

[Doug Brown]

Super photo Loukie! Great pose, light, and sharpness. A perch with character. And a perfect BG. Congrats on this one!

[Mark Schmitt]

Rich colour density; ideal composition and bg; no nits from me. About as good as it gets.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Nice looking bird with great light,eye contact and details!

[Keith Bauer]

Really a beautiful image. Love the background on this image. Helps focus on the bird.
Also like the diagonal perch and the tone.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, details and colors. Maybe a bit S/H to get more details in the shadows.

[Linda Robbins]

Gorgeous. It doesn't get better!

[Aidan Briggs]

Wonderful pose, colors and BG. Nicely done!!

[Haim Ziv]

Outstanding image.

[Tony Whitehead]

Great shot, Loukie. Love the puffed feathers and soft light.

[Nagesh Mula]

Simply Beautiful!! Such an amazing display of colors and very sharp with perfect head angle.
Congrats Loukie!!