Dragon and the Bee-eater

[Varun Bellie]

Location : Mysore, Karnataka, India

Equipment : Canon 40D, Canon 300mm f/4 L IS USM + Canon 1.4x Extender

Tech Specs: 80% of the frame, iso:250, Av: f/7.1, Tv:1/400sec, EC=0

Shot from an hide

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool capture, the dragonfly makes this one for me. I would crop a tad off the right, tone down the highlights and sharpen the bird a bit less.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Nice notes by axel, loved that Red eye and the catch adds well...

[Varun Bellie]

Thanks Axel for the comments, I hope this repost looks fine

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The repost looks really good!

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent details, nice BG and the big and sharp catch is a BIG plus. TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Nice catch for both of you. Your repost does look much better, and knowing this species, the colours may be ever so slightly oversaturated.

[Harshad Barve]

Mighty fine image
TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

The repost does look better. The bird's plumage looks much better but I would keep the prey's original sharpness, and you could tone down the upper mandible even more. Good catch by both of you:).

[John Ippolito]

The repost has improved the image. Nice detail, and great food item adds alot. Agree with Daniel on the upper mandible tone down. Nice work.

[sulasula]

Excellent detail look! I would prefer sharpening between the two posts. But still very cool!