Blue-cheeked Bee-eater #1

[Mital Patel]

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)
Camera : Nikon D300
Lens : Nikkor 80-400D ED VR f4.5/5.6
Exposure : 1/500sec @ 400mm
Aperture : f/8
ISO Rating : 200
Captured On : Nov 1 2009, 9:38 am
Location : Thol bird Sanctuary, Kadi, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA

C&C Welcome

[Clement Francis]

One of the best pictures for this species that I have seen till date. Truely amazing image Mital

[Mital Patel]

hey anna so you are here too :)
thanks a lot for the comment.
it was really treat to us with this fella.

will post a fav shot soon

[arash_hazeghi]

Very beautiful capture Mital, love the colors, SH and BG. well done.

[Harshad Barve]

Nice pose Mital , lovely expo and details
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

lovely colours here mital, wish the tail was fully seen.. loved the moment too, congrats..

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Ditto Kiran about the tail. Lovely bird and killer BG. I see too much room around it, it could go tighter for my taste.

[Mital Patel]

juan i would cerntail crop tighter but as its 400mm taken image and already cropped here we have really tuff condition to shoot portraits of birds as they hardly allow go close and having a hard 80-400 you can understand the difficulties. but so far to my taste i would always want to have some room arround bird not over the quality issues but to have a nice environmental view breathing space kind of. Just personal choice.

[Stu Bowie]

Good IQ Mital, well exposed colours, and this is really sharp. His catch a bonus.

[Michael Zajac]

Mital, Really nice image and great capture w/ the meal. I like the BG and perch-great job.

[Brian Barcelos]

Mital Bhai, wonderful capture and beautiful colors. Love the bug and BG, I like the space you gave him. Only thing I'd change is the poop under neath on the branch. Congrats

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful pose,timing,eye contact!!!

[Danny Laredo]

Nicely captured Mital. Lovely timing and pose.

[Bill Dix]

Wonderful shot. Great bird, color, pose, BG; and THE BUG! Well done. You've managed a good sharp image with the 80-400 at full 400mm zoom. Was this hand-held? I seem to get a sharper image if I back off to 370 or so, but it seems to serve you well at 400.

[denise ippolito]

Mital, Really beautiful bird and I love the pose w/ the bug. Nice perch and BG. Well done.

[Mital Patel]

Wonderful shot. Great bird, color, pose, BG; and THE BUG! Well done. You've managed a good sharp image with the 80-400 at full 400mm zoom. Was this hand-held? I seem to get a sharper image if I back off to 370 or so, but it seems to serve you well at 400.

Bill this shot was taken from car window but handheld as was sitting next to driver seat and shot from driver window side. getting nice detailed images at 400mm..

[Dave Barnes]

Good image Mital, I like the colours.
Pity about the bottom branch have you thought of trying to loose it?