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    Default White-fronted Bee-eater stretching

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    Taken at a small nature reserve here in Swaziland where there are a few breeding colonies.

    50D/EF500f4 1/2000 @ f7.1 iso400 EC-0.33 Shutter priority. Cropped and removed some BG twigs.

    C&C most welcome.

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    Great pose and eye contact. Good detail in both whites and blacks. I might sharpen a tad more.
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    Hi Pieter, well timed to capture the wing stretch, and you have exposed the colours very well. Im glad 'your' colony is giving you results.

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    Lovely wing spread here Piter and I like that you can see the right wing or tail through the left one...Not your usual IQ though...Head looks a touch blurry

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    Thanks for looking and for the feedback Doug, Stu and Dumay, much appreciated.

    You are right Dumay focus point was not on the head.

    Doug I am allways a little wary of oversharpening and herewith a repost with a bit more sharpening. Would appreciate feedback.
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    Gorgeous bird, angle not optimal, repost is better though the head may be a bit too crunchy now. I noticed a ghost of a twig in the original below the left wing; in the repost, you finished cleaning it out.

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    Thanks Craig for the feedback, "head may be a bit too crunchy" - my feeling as well.

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