European Bee-Eater

[Loukie Viljoen]

Taken in the Pillanesberg Game reserve, about 170 km from Johannesburg, next to Sun City.


Canon D40
Date/Time: 2008:11:06 08:37:45
Shutter speed: 1/3200 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: Continuous
ISO: 400
Lens: EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM +2.0x
Focal length: 400mm
AF mode: AI Servo AF

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice catch at 400mm. Some more space at the bottom would have been better. This species seems to have muted colours. I like the inquisitive looks.

[Loukie Viljoen]

Sabyasachi, I upped the saturation , does it look "not so muted."

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Loukie,
Thanks for the repost. The increased saturation makes it much better. I like it.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Ken Watkins]

I think around half way between the two would have been better. Nevertheless a very good capture.

[Mark Schmitt]

Great bird. The image is exposed well. Agree that a little more canvas at the bottom and left would open up the image a bit: Re-post looks good for colour saturation. Good image.

[Dave Mills]

I agree that half way between the two on saturation would be about right. A bit more room on the bottom left would help an otherwise outstanding image.

[Loukie Viljoen]

By popular request, I added canvas, can't ad to left there is a big branch.