Southern Carmine Bee-eater

[Chris van Rooyen]

This is another image from the Okavango Delta, taken earlier this year. I removed some distracting twigs from the background. Comments welcome as always:)

Camera Model: NIKON D3
Date/Time: 2009:10:21 16:00:24
Shutter speed: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: 8
Exposure mode: Manual
Exposure compensation: -1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 1250
Lens: 500mm
Focal length: 500mm

[Asif Khan]

Chris, This is simply great, great and great ! Sharp throughout, in action, great depth of field. I love this shot, nothing to change here at all ! You made my day.

Just one thought though, not sure how it would look with with the perch ending early in the frame on left side..giving a continuous background flow rather than dividing top and bottom.

[Allen Sparks]

great catch Chris! Love the head turn, prey in mouth, tones, etc etc. I like the composition as is....wonderful!

[Harshad Barve]

Chris ,
Lovely image with nice pose , HA , perch , BG and food in beak adds much here , beautiful light
TFS

[Glenn Bartley]

Gorgeous! I would prefer more room on top and less onthe bottom...

[Ofer Levy]

Nice shot of this stunner. Sharp with excellent detail. Would crop a bit off the bottom as frame is slightly long as presented IMO.

[Danny Laredo]

This is super Chris. Love the pose and BG.

[Jim Crosswell]

A real beauty! I like the HA, BG and prey puts it over the top.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions guys:)

[Krijn Trimbos]

I agree with Glenn on the space on the bottom, apart from that excellen as usual! Love the pose, the sharpness, the perch and food item. Well done man!