European-bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

[Humberto Ramos]

My new (used) canon 600mm is simpling amazing, this image was shot this weekend, And never had taken so many photos of the european bee eater, I went to shot in the morning (I thought it was just in the morning), but after I made 20Gb of shots in two hours. I had to go home at lunch time, empty the memory cards, and back in the afternoon.
In the afternoon, more of the same, in a couple of hours, more 20 Gb of photos...

This is not my best photo, head angle its not perfect..., but its not easy to shot 3 european-bee-eater in one perch, so this is my first choise for this year first post of bee-eater.

I had 5 bee-eaters at same time in the same setup (didn't catch them all )...

Canon 7D+Canon 600mm f/4, ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/3200

Forgot to mention, had 0,5 cm canvas in bottom and in the left side...

[Melissa Groo]

This is a stunner, Humberto. Love the colors and the composition. Yes, head angles not perfect but I can't imagine how you could do that with this number of birds in the frame. Wonderful clarity, looks like that new lens is serving you well!

[Dave Leroy]

Colours are awesome and bg is perfect.

I really like the pose of the two birds facing each other.

Photo is nice and sharp and looking forward to more bee-eaters.

Dave

[Stu Bowie]

Yep, getting a bunch of bee eaters all looking the same way takes luck and patience. I do like the colours and sharpness, and the BG colour really looks great. Ive used a 600m for a couple of shots, and its an amazing lens. Congrats. Now go and get those five you were taliking about.

[Randy Stout]

Humberto:

sounds like you are having great fun with your new toy.

Lovely colors in the bird, nice BG,sharp, well exposed. Nice interaction.

In a perfect world, would prefer the far right bird not be there, since he doesn't seem to be part of the interaction of the other two.

I expect to see a few more from this outing!!

Cheers

Randy

[Tom Redd]

WOW! The BG is wonderful and the fact that all 3 birds are in sharp focus speaks very well. I look forward to seeing more of this series and from your new lens. Congrats on the lens and the shot!

[Don Lacy]

Love the colors and interaction of the two birds I do wish the third bird was not there as it adds nothing to the image.

[Arno Ellmer]

Superb,Humberto !
Stunning colours and sharpness,with beautiful complementary bg.
Yes, third bird does not add much ,yet still a stunning capture.
Looking forward to more of this series .....

[Johan Kruger]

Love the color in this photo! very well done

[Troy Lim]

Killer BG for sure. I am excited, I hope to get some of the BE in Asia in June when I go back :)

[Ofer Levy]

I love this!!!

[Jaap Bakker]

Congrats with this stunning picture,it`s a beauty.
Great expression of those birds,lovely background colours.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Great colours , BG , sharpness !! Love the image !!

[Mark Dumbleton]

The colours here are stunning! Lovely detail and perch works very well!

[Shaun Boycott-Taylor]

Great image with a background that is sympathetic to the subject. Fantastic you were able to get 3 birds in the frame.

Tack sharp with lovely interaction between the 2 birds.

Beautiful birds well photographed. Stunning!

Shaun

[yogesh_puranik]

excellent calling pose sharpness and clean BG..pls share the others (with 5) as well

[Alan Lillich]

Incredible color and interaction. The balance of the birds and bit of greenery is excellent. I say the head angles are perfect for this shot. With their backs to us it would be very strained to have the head rotated toward us. I disagree with the complaint about the 3rd bird. It adds some innocent bystander humor.

[Ron Caswell]

Excellent colors and image of these birds, The 2 on the left are perfect that third one is the third wheel for sure :)