Rainboe Bee-eater

[John Cooper]

Positioned the camera angle to obtain rim-lighting.

Canon EOS 3, Canon 100-300 F5.6L, ISO 100, Earling morning natural light with fill-flash, 1/125 sec F8, Hide/Tripod.

[Thonnaksar NOP]

Hello John,
Wonderful colours range ! The back has more blue than I thought.
The back-light works very well to bring out the shape of the bird.
Can't wait till December...

[David Steele]

A beaut John (ie both the photo and the bird). I like the backlighting. Could/should the image be a tad brighter?

[John Cooper]

A beaut John (ie both the photo and the bird). I like the backlighting. Could/should the image be a tad brighter?

Thanks David - yes it is a little on the dense side but ended up leaving as is to emphasize the rim light.

[Brian Wong]

Hi John!

Beautiful colors, nice and detailed. I can't tell you used a flash, I like the rim light. Very nice!

[Ian Colley]

Rim light is a new expression for me. Beautiful image John, I have tried to do this a few times myself, nothing as good as this yet. Like the colours, comp. and BG.

[Fabs Forns]

Very nicely done, and one of the time backl ight seems to work. Beautiful bird, perch is not a prize winner, but will do :)
I would erase the sharpening from it.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Nice pose and details. Backlight and fill flash look good, too. Maybe less sharpening of the perch.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Lovely species and the subtle use of flash very well executed

[Isak Pretorius]

Great work with the flash. Very nice and diagonal perch.

[Arthur Morris]

Fabulous job with the EXP with no burned rim light and a properly exposed subject. I like this one a lot.

What brings the birds to the hide? Later and love, artie

[Jody Melanson]

You got what you intended very well. Mission accomplished.

[John Cooper]

Fabulous job with the EXP with no burned rim light and a properly exposed subject. I like this one a lot.

What brings the birds to the hide? Later and love, artie

Thanks Art, the perch is placed about a metre from the nesting tunnel (in the side of creek embankment) - they seem to love the oportunity to land on a nearby perch before flying into the nest. Sometimes you get 2 or 3 landing on the one perch all bearing insects!!!

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks for the info John.

Later and love, artie