Lilac-breasted Roller

[Chris van Rooyen]

Hi guys

I have just arrived back from two productive photo trips, one to Kruger and one to Giants Castle. I captured this roller on the banks of the Olifants River near the low water bridge. C & C always welcome.

Camera Model: NIKON D3S
Date/Time: 2010:07:06 16:247
Shutter speed: 1/3200 sec
Aperture: 7.1
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 3200
Lens: 500mm
Focal length: 500mm

[Stu Bowie]

Lovely light Chris, and well timed to get the prey in the air above the beak. Colours look great on the LBR too. Well captured.

[Randy Stout]

Chris:

Dramatic side lighting, great action with bug in the air,well exposed, nice colors.
Might consider a bit more canvas at the top.

Look forward to more from your trips.

Randy

[Joe Senzatimore]

Dramatic light and action captured make this a very strong image. love it.

[Fabs Forns]

Beautiful capture. Glad you had a great trip. I'm with Randy on wanting a bit more canvas on top.

[Kiran Poonacha]

great moment captured Bhai, loved the colors and great quality... waiting to see the other pics too, sure its going to be a treat..

[Daniel Cadieux]

What perfect timing on your part. I wouldn't mind a bit more canvas above too, but no biggie. Now why couldn't this guy flip the grasshopper with the head facing us!!:D Looking forward to more from those trips.....

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent timing and great sharp details Chris

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Chris, great light and I especially like how it has lit the bug. Superb colors and freeze. Keep 'em coming.

[ann shiller]

Love the color and clarity. Inspirational!!

[Doug Brown]

The bird is glowing in that gorgeous light. I like your choice of ISO to boost the shutter speed and really freeze the action.

[Tom Redd]

WOW! the detail, the colors, the moment! Ok, maybe a bit more canvas up top, but WOW!

[Hendri Venter]

Perfect techs to freeze the moment. The light is great and detail outstanding. Stunning image Chris.

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent behaviour shot. I am green with envy when I see your iso settings....:o

[Chris van Rooyen]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions, always appreciated!

[Michael Zajac]

Great processing technique.Nice details and colors.Well done

[Tony Whitehead]

Super lighting and timing on the action, Chris. Good ISO choice. It may be an option to slightly burn the bright area of perch bottom right.

[Nico Steenberg]

Great shot like always !

[Morkel Erasmus]

firecracker shot Chris! awesome moment and light...that D3s sure delivers at these high ISOs! :)