My Dragonfly

[Stu Bowie]

I thought I would share another White fronted bee eater with you, and his catch. Taken on a private farm last month. Cleaned some white stuff on the lower part of the perch, which is a protruding root of a tree.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/1600
F/5.6
ISO 640

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand Held

[Randy Stout]

Stuart:
I really like the comp here with the leading line of the root leading us into the frame to the bird and his colorful catch. Colors are rich/complimentary .

Excellent.

Randy

[Jonathan Ashton]

Absolutely superb great composition, pose and colours.

[Marc Mol]

Very nice Stuart, great comp plus that huge dragonfly catch, great stuff!
TFS

[Nico Steenberg]

Great light and comp Stu. Big catch adds interest. Like the glint in the eye. Subject is well exposed and sharp well done !

Will see you tomorrow at LC :)

[Pieter de Waal]

Stuart you certainly have some great images of this species and all with prey. Never seen one with a Dragonfly before. Like this one for the complimentary colours and eye contact as well.

[denise ippolito]

Fantastic! I love the BIG DF:). Beautiful BG colors. Nice work.

[wendell westfall]

Stuart, Nice one. The clarity of the dragonfly's wings impressive.

[Morkel Erasmus]

excellent composition, light, exposure and clarity, and I love the morsel in the mouth Stu!

[Sindri]

Great catch for the both of you. Excellent composition.

[annmpacheco]

I really like the light here and the pose with the goods. How often would one run into a bee eater in your parts? excellent details

[Christopher Schlaf]

Excellent everything

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Excellent work bro. Love the pose and the humongous dragonfly. It looks fab mate. Well done. :)

[Ken Watkins]

Great image these birds are insanely beautiful. Nice to have such an uncluttered BG, plus of course a very fine Dragonfly.

[Mark Young]

Quite a meal for the Bee Eater. Nice colours in the bg and bird.

[Dan Avelon]

wow such a beautiful shot with great light and what a colorful specie.

[Ian Anderson]

Great dragonfly and bird photo. Both subjects really came out well.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all for the kind words and feedback. Much appreciated.

[Kiran Poonacha]

All said above.. I loved the colours too..

[Arsdel Fluesmeier]

Very nice one. Background great.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Stuart! I like the dragonfly, BG and sharpness in this one.

[Stu Bowie]

Kiran, Arsdel, Jim, thanks a stack guys.