Lilac Breasted Roller

[Kobus Tollig]

100-400mm @ 300mm
1/1600 sec, f/9
Mode: Av
Metering: Evaluative
Exp comp: -1/3
ISO: 400
AF mode: AI Servo AF
Drive: Continuous (high): frame 1
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off
Taken In Kruger National Park. All Crits and comments Welcome Thx

[David Roach]

Love the details on the head and eye! I like the motion blur in the wings and the BG as well. Minor nit; better wing position and less merge between far wing and head.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Wonderful to capture these beauties in flight. They were my favorite birds when we visited Kenya. I find the saturation just a tad strong . Like the clean BG and the touch of blur. If it had been captured a 1/100th of a second later the tail feather would have been free but hey I would love to have this in my files. Thanks for sharing Kobus.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the colors, BG and pose. The bird must have been quite fast considering the motion blur of the wings at this shutter speed.

[Stu Bowie]

These LBR's have such amazing colours, and you have shown them up very well with this shot Kobus. Great timing for the take off too.

[Brian Wong]

Hi Kobus!

Way colorful. I would back down slightly on the head sharpening, and if it fits your ethics, clone out the stem crossing the tail.