Lilac Breasted Roller

[Stu Bowie]

Taken on my recent trip to Kruger National Park.

Canon 50D
100-400 L IS USM @400mm
1/1600
F/6.3
ISO 400

Exp Comp +0.67
Hand Held from the car.

[Randy Stout]

Stuart:

Very nice. Well exposed, sharp, nice comp.
Although the light angle was from your left side a bit, because of the HA and angle of bird in frame, I think it is effective. Maybe a bit of shadow recovery for the bottom of the tail, but very nice as presented.

Randy

[Stephen Earle]

Gorgeous pic Stu. A slightly more eye to eye level and softer light would have made it a bit stronger.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the head angle, details and light and only wish for a lower angle.

[Charles Wesley]

Stuart,

Most excellent photo. Like the colors and sharpness. Missed out on a trip to Kruger three years ago.
I'm still mad...
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Charlie wesley
St. Augustine , FL

[Tony Whitehead]

Good job, Stuart. I like the curve created by the tail and head angle. I might clone out the greener at the base of the perch. There are some hot tones on the forehead but suspect this is just and artifact from sharpening for web.

[Steve Maxson]

Excellent pose, comp, and sharpness, Stuart. True, a lower angle would have been even better, but this works quite well, as presented, IMO.

[Doug Brown]

I'd love to have an image like this Stuart. I would darken the pupil a bit, and I'm with Tony regarding the green stuff at the base of the perch.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

All nits mentioned Stuart. I like it as is, a very spectacular bird. :)

[Harshad Barve]

Very nice. Well exposed, sharp, nice comp
Thanks for sharing

Harshad

[Kobus Tollig]

Great shot stu well done. Like the pose and detail

[Dave Barnes]

Well captured Stu, good colour and detail.
One of the problems in the Kruger is that you often shooting up at birds as you are stuck in the car, it would be great if it were possible to get closer to the level of the subject, but you cant.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all for the wonderful feedback, and kind words. I appreciate it stacks.

[Juan Aragonés]

Everything has been said Stuart, I just wanted to let you know that I like this image a lot. You did a very good job instead of the light that seems to be a litle bit intense. I am sure that this image is from a series and would like to point out that you selected one with a very neat head turn and fantastic eye contact.