Name Unknown

[Richard Waas]

Not being a birding expert, I have no idea what bird this is, except beautiful. I photographed this image in Animal Kingdom in Orlando with my Canon 50D. ISO 400, f/4.0, 1/160 sec, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM +1.4x extender, 392mm, ( 627mm), evaluative metering, auto exposure, auto WB, no flash.

[Jen Howell]

It is a Golden-breasted/Yellow-breasted Starling or sometimes called a Royal Starling native to northeastern Africa.

As for the picture - I like it. The comp is good and the eye is nice and clear. The biggest problem I see is the background. The three branches and tree in the BG a pretty distracting and I would've liked to see a darker background. I would maybe tone down the blues in the wing a bit, too. What a beautiful bird, hope to see more of him (or her).

[denise ippolito]

Richard, Ya it's a busy BG but your bird just pops off the page!! The colors are really vibrant and thankyou for sharing. I love Animal Kingdom!!

[Harold Davis]

that is one beautiful bird, richard!! nice and sharp too. would love to get one of these guys in the wild!!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Richard - stuning bird - lovely colours and sharp - not much you could do about the BG - always limited in these places :)

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Busy BG, but that is how it was. The bird is gorgeous and your rendition is very fine too. :)

[Gus Cobos]

Mr. Waas,
Congratulations on a fine capture...the details and color rendition on the bird are superb...the background is what it is...:D:cool: good show...:cool:

[KurtPreston]

Wow! I'll trade you my herd of European Starlings for one of these at my feeders :) Lovely bird!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Great capture Richard. Awesome colors and you've exposed it perfect.

[Alfred Forns]

Excellent capture for the conditions Richard Just the light colored bg is detracting form the fine bird !!! Did real well at that slow ss !!!