Green Bee-Eater #5

[Mital Patel]

Green Bee-Eater (Merops orientalis)
Camera : Nikon D300
Lens : Nikkor 80-400D ED VR f4.5/5.6
Exposure : 1/1250sec @ 310mm
Aperture : f/8
ISO Rating : 400
Captured On : Oct 15 2009, 8:26 am
Location : Thol bird Sanctuary, Kadi, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA

C&C Welcome

[Rohan Kamath]

fantastic timing...superb focus and sharpness... one of the best bee-eater tossing images i've seen... congrats Mital bhai!!!

[Graham Smith.]

Beauty capture Mital.
great timing indeed! Very sharp and well exposed. In a perfect world the light might've been more behind you, but it does not appear overly harsh anyway.

[arash_hazeghi]

Fantastic action shot Mital, got the sharpness and everything. Congrats

[Mital Patel]

yep graham.

it was really harsh way to me and a bit steep angle for us as we were passing by and this fella enjoying there so we stopped and start clicking moments. wish for better low angle and proper light angle too but this is how we cant do in some cases for Wildlife to have.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Although I agree that a lower angle would have been nice, I have to say that you must have superb reactions, my friend!!
Best,
Nicki

[Harshad Barve]

beautiful action shot Mitalbhai ,
VWD here
TFS

[Brian Barcelos]

Mital, couldn't ask for a better action shot man. Very sharp and his eye looks great. Sure the light angle could have been better but this is still a fantastic image.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Mital,
because of the sun angle.....you could try bringing out the shadows a bit more......but as I am an action junkie......just super capture on the toss!

[Fabs Forns]

Incredible timing, Mital, love the action and compo. I think it could go a bit lighter.

[Glenn Bartley]

Awesome timing! Very cool image.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the BE pose, and well timed to capture the dragonfly just before it goes down the hatch. Well exposed colours on the BE too. Congrats, a fine image.

[Daniel Cadieux]

As mentioned, impeccable timing on your part. The action is nicely frozen. I know there is no control over this, but I could just imagine if the insect was pointing towards us instead!! I would just crop a smidgen at left to hide the perch tip being cut off. Congrats on a fine image Mital!

[denise ippolito]

Mital, Really nice action captured and I love the pose. Very nice details and agree w/ lightening a bit.

[Mital Patel]

would have been loved to lighten a bit but that would impose some noise on the branch and underparts of the BE so i kept the shadows as is as i thought increasing noise would attract attention rather on BE's pose and moment.

[Tony Whitehead]

Superb timing and sharpness, Mital. Fill flash can be useful in these harsh light situations. Very well done.

[Mital Patel]

thanks tony .. yeah it can be possible to do fill flash but as routine practice here in INDIA we have no allowance for flash in any of sanctuary or park so we dont carry an flash with us. dont know if the built in camera flash would help but yes i could have tried it out no body watching me there :)

[Tony Whitehead]

thanks tony .. yeah it can be possible to do fill flash but as routine practice here in INDIA we have no allowance for flash in any of sanctuary or park so we dont carry an flash with us. dont know if the built in camera flash would help but yes i could have tried it out no body watching me there :)

Didn't realise you had restrictions. On camera flash wouldn't have done much:(

[Arsdel Fluesmeier]

Very nice well-composed inage. The bee toss is great action. Very sharp and good color.

[Arthur Morris]

Loverly. But for the large perch. The repost is lighter and tighter.

[Arthur Morris]

Did I overdo it on the lighter???

[Doug Brown]

Really one of the better Bee Eater feeding shots I've seen in terms of capturing the moment Mital! Artie's repost addresses all of the issues I had and takes this image to the next level.

[Suzanne Huot]

Awesome catch and timing on this Gem of an image

[Morkel Erasmus]

awesome timing here Mital and Artie has appropriately recomposed to make the most of the moment you captured so nicely...

[Declan Troy]

I'm not up on my Indian insects but looks like the bee-eater may have misidentified his prey. Otherwise an awesome capture (by bird and photographer).

[Krishnan]

Wonderful timing Mital . This is one class image !