bee-eater

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Was created in Hungary from a hide
crop for better composition
Canon 40D Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM
1/1250 f 4 iso 500
one of my favorites birds...thanks for looking!

[Doug Brown]

I can understand why it's one of your favorite birds Manos! Nice sharpness and eye contact. The BG looks a little blotchy at the bottom, possibly from JPG compression; I have the same issue with some of my hummingbird photos. The perch looks a little funky, kind of like I'm seeing double. Other than that, very nice.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I do wonder why not stop down the aperture to get a little more DOF? Perhaps they move off quickly? I never photographed these guys from a hide, so don't know the reason. But I thought a stationary bird would be OK at a slower SS and you'd probably get more of the perch sharp too to make a crisper image. Love the colors and framing. The graduation in the BG is perfect. Thanks for sharing Manos.

[Ben Egbert]

Absolutly gorgeous. Good exposure, sharp, beautiful background and I like the way the tail points to the corner. I also like the tight framing for web. For prints I would include a bit more background.

[Bill Foxworthy]

Beautiful bird Manos, you are lucky to have these where you are.

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Like the pose, BG & composition. Bird is well exposed with great detail, natural colours & eye contact. Great image Manos! Can't wait for them to return to this part of the world for summer.

[Chris Kotze]

Beautiful colours and pose and also a stunning BG well captured

[Dave Barnes]

Love the IQ on the bird. Super feather detail and colour. Ditto more DOF would be good.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful one manos, loved the HA, BG ad Details... congrats..

[Stu Bowie]

Excellent exposure on the colours, sharp, and love the two tone BG. Great capture Manos.

[Art Kornienko]

Nice to be able to just get a shot like that. Well done Manos. Maybe a touch more room on the right would have been nice and as Doug says, a little blotchy near the bottom.

[Harshad Barve]

fanatstic image , loved the BG and postion of bird in frame
TFS