Carmine Beeater (Eye Level?)

[Ken Watkins]

Just missed this but I have a reasonable excuse, hand holding from a moving safari vehicle is dificult, but amusing.

The beeaters follow the vehicle hoping for a thrown up bug.

Taken in Savure Marsh area o Chobe National Park, Botswana, 5th January 2011.

EOS 1D MkIII

28-300mm at 170mm

7.1, ISO 800, 1/3200

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Ken, this is superb. great colors on the bird and a wonderfully sweet BG. Loved the comp and excellent sharpness. It must be so hard doing flight photography in these conditions...birds so close and in a moving vehicle. I remember reading that as soon as the vehicle stops they go away....so fascinating.

[Pieter de Waal]

Well done Ken I have been trying to get these guys in flight for some time, no luck yet. Nice light with lovely natural colours.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Perfect Wow. You also used a small lens and it work very well. Great IQ TFS

[Doug Brown]

The bird looks great against that green BG, and the sharpness is good. I would have preferred better wing position and a slight head turn towards the viewer. I'm sure this must have been a tough capture when taken from a moving vehicle!

[Todd Frost]

Very well done Ken. Has to be tough from a moving vehicle. Great colors, bg and sharpness.
TFS
Todd

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks to everyone for your comments


Even if only 1 in 50 are worth a look at it certainly is worth a try, plus it passes the time when there is a quiet day on the animal front