Carmine Bee-eater

[Dave Barnes]

Another from the archives.
All comments welcome.
Camera Model Name Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Av (Aperture Value) 5.6
ISO Speed 400
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/1250

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose, eye contact and the dragonfly adds to it. I might sharpen the head selectively, there seems to be some motion blur.

[Loukie Viljoen]

Nice one Dave

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

South Africa looks a great place for bird photography!!!
nice looking bird with great pose/eye contact and colors!

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent colors and creamy soft BG, love the dragonfly in the beak, excellent behavioral shot. I agree with Axel, focus seems to be on the soft side.

TFS

[Morkel Erasmus]

they are swift, great pose, exposure, eye contact and 'lunch' to boot. well done Dave!

[Keith Bauer]

Love the colors. The bug in the beak certainly adds interest. Agree about a tad of selective sharpening on the head.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely flying image Dave
TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Super angle Dave, showing the the dorsal view nicely. I feel you have exposed the colours nicely, and his catch a bonus.

[Daniel Belasco]

Beautiful wing spread and great colors.
Congrats.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Definitely a keeper in my books. But it just seems a bit off in sharpness. Congrats, JR

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful one, the eye contact, the top view of the wings looks great and the prey put it over the top.. congrats..

[Markus Jais]

Great shot. I like the open wings and the prey in in the birds bill. Very well done.

Markus

[Chris van Rooyen]

Great posture and eye contact! Personally I would have gone for ISO 800 to get at least 1/2500 shutter speed. I think that would have elimnated the slight softness on the head?

[Chris Kotze]

Excellent Dave, super colours and a great flight angle and BG with a nice catch. The head don't look all that soft to me but then again maybe I need glasses. no joke :)

[Dave Barnes]

Thanks to all for looking and for comments. looks like I will need to get them sharper. (up the SS I think)

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Would have been a killer without the motion blur Sir. I do like it though. Thanks for sharing. :)

[sree.kumar.h]

Like the colours and the angle of the shot. Shows the complete bird.

[Dave Barnes]

Thanks Akos and Sree, your comments are appreciated.