Lilac Breasted Roller

[Alexander Koenders]

Sitting at a branche at the Kruger Park South Africa. A shame that the weather was so bad.

Olympus E3, Zuiko ED300 f2.8, Zuiko 2.0 converter, 600mm focuslength, 1/250sec, f5.7, ISO400, from a car

[Mark Schmitt]

The bird is exposed very well. Good detail, colour rendition and density. Sharp. The upper right corner has some kind of artifact; and looks like something was cloned out? Could use a little work; Perhaps a little room on the right edge would help. Good image, all the same.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, eye contact and BG. I might tone down the highlights of the perch and sharpen the perch less. The tail looks a bit jagged and the artifacts in the upper right have been mentioned.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Great exposure and color in this image and a very pleasing composition. I agree with Axel about toning down the perch a little and the cloning has been mentioned. Many thanks for sharing.

[Fabs Forns]

Greaet advise given above, beautiful birds. A little extra post-processing will make it shine :)

[DarrenMcKenna]

beautiful bird, I like those vivid colors

[Bill Sharkey]

Another great photo with a nice BG and exposure control. Beautiful bird well captured. :)

Bill