Carmine Bee eater approach to nest

[Loukie Viljoen]

This Carmine was approaching home, and suddenly looked into a 500mm lens and hesitated- press the shutter release. Enjoy

Canon 1D Mark III, 300mm, f/10, 1/1000, ISO 1250

[Loukie Viljoen]

Sorry I loaded wrong one.
Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date/Time: 2009:10:19 15:47:25
Shutter speed: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: 10
Exposure mode: Tv
Exposure compensation: +1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 1250
Focal length: 300mm

[Doug Brown]

I love the intense color and the great wing position. The image is a tad soft as presented; I might have traded some DOF for more shutter speed. Also I'd add a bit of canvas on the top and left.

[Gal Shon]

colors, wings position and light are beautiful.
The first image is soft and the second one is oversharpened.
Did some work as been done on the LLC BG and the right side of his tail?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Pose and wing position look great and I agree with Doug on higher shutter speed and narrower DOF, maybe f/7.1 or 8 to get to 1/1600 or 1/2000 since these birds seem to fly very fast.

[DustinFinn]

Agree with Doug and Axel, the increased shutter speed might have helped make an image a little more sharp especially with this incredible pose.

Lovely colors and background and comp.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Loukie your original post is better than the repost since there are multiple artifacts in the BG on the repost and the bird is a tad oversharpened. exposure and comp are great, the bird is just a little soft due to motion blur. I would take the original and only slightly sharpen the bird as a whole and then selectively sharpen the head and eye some more.

[Jan Fourie]

nice posture Loukie ,ditto oversharpening .I also like the first one better
jan