Definitely sharp at the business end of this bee-eater, and that's good enough for me on this one. Not every shot needs to be razor sharp from front to back in order to please. The lighting looks really sweet plus a beautiful BKGD. Cheers.
Love the dragonfly, the clearly seen eye, and the blue rump patch. Killer pose and nice enough BKGR. For some reason the BKGR looks a bit blotchy.
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Lovely colors, dragon fly, sharp on the eye.
The thing that strikes me though is the large amount of noise in the plumage.
Was this image underexposed and brought up in post? I would have expected less noise from a MkIV if exposed well to the right.
There is also something odd going on at the root of the of the flight feathers on the top wing. Almost like a ghost image. Perhaps a side effect of the noise as well.
Randy
Last edited by Randy Stout; 10-16-2010 at 01:09 PM.
For me the OOF wing tips imply motion here, so I am OK with that. The fine deatils seem a bit coarse - perhaps suggesting a heavy-ish crop, and there seems to have been some sort of masking around the subject. In any event impressive image, nice colours (I like the touch of blue at the rump)
I like the flight angle Gerrie, with good wingspread. These guys certainly didnt go hungry that day. Every image I have, each BE has prey in their beak.
Killer pose, great dragon fly but the image confuses me.
I understand that 6.3 didn't give a great DOF, especially if you were close. It almost looks as though NR or a blur was run on the background and carried into the edges of the bird...yet the edges of the wings in places look a bit too sharp or stark along the edges?