Fledgling

[Mervin Quah]

A breeding Summer visitor to our shores.

Their nest are barrows in the ground or sides of hill, this fella should be leaving in a few days time.

Blue-throated BeeEater
Merops viridis

Canon 40D + 100-400 lens


F8, 1/160, ISO 500, EV 0, Flash -1 1/3

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Good-looking specimen, I like the eye contact and details, a very low angle might have made it even stronger.

[Randy Stout]

Mervin:

I agree with Axel about the angle if possible to do so. That would have thrown the BG even further out of focus. I like the complimentary colors of the grass and the birds breast.

I am undecided about the flash catchlight, since there is a natural catchlight above. Might try it without and see what you think.

Thanks for sharing.

Randy

[Daniel Cadieux]

Agree with above posters. I would also carefully eliminate the strand of grass that crosses the bird's wing and chest. There is a yellowish colour cast that could easily be fixed.