I'm no bird photographer but I tried to get a few on my last trip. This bee-eater was photographed in Meru National Park, Kenya. Not sure whether the amount of branches overpowers the bird. Any comments gratefully received.
7D; 100-400 @ 400; ISO200; f7.1; 1/1000 Manual exp
Hi Hilary, the bird and the branches all come together to make a nice diagonal across the OOF BG. The birds bright colour and contrast make it stand out well. Perhaps less branches would be still better, but with "only" a 400mm lens this is a good compromise. Works for me. I am predisposed to like bee-eater shots though, some of my favourite birds. Colour, sharpness and detail look good. Keep on shooting birds.
TFS
Grant
Hilary, we do not get these down our way, or at least very rarely.
Not to sure how they work out the name ? The White Fronted has a red throat and no white on its front, and this has a black Throat, suppose it depends on where you consider the throat or front is?
Branches may be a little messy but It does not worry me.
I think this is very worthy of a little more development.
As I seem to be doing reposts far to much lately, here is another
Hi Hillary, a lovely Bee-eater image, sharp with good colour rendition. I am partial to habitat and do like the overall composition with the branches. Never seen one of these TFS.
Great looking bird and image Hilary. Nice contrast and colors. I also like the diagonal lines of the bird and branches. Agree, a bit of sharpening helps it. Nicely done!
White Throated Bee-eater
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