European bee eater (Merops apiaster)

[Humberto Ramos]

Canon 7D, Canon 600mm f/4, better beamer
1/2000, f/5,6, ISO 400

Like the previous images of european bee eater, this is one from the same wonderfull day...

[Geoff Warnock]

lovely bird, interesting perch and creamy background, nice work!

Separation of tail from perch could have made it even nicer I guess, but that's a small detraction from this excellent image.

[Marina Scarr]

Love the bird, the perch, the BG and the open beak. It all came together nicely here in great light.

[Adrian David]

Nice capture, on a very interesting perch!
I am a big fan of this birds....

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Humberto, Its a flawless image IMO. wouldn't touch a pixel, if mine. Perfect DOF, terrific perch and BG, great colors, exposure and sharpness. I cant think of a better composition....balanced and strong diagonal element. Open bill takes it to the top of the ladder. another IOTW candidate from you. Well done.

[Stu Bowie]

Humberto, your best of the series IMHO. I like your comp with the perch across the frame, and you have captured a great pose with the open beak. Good sharpness and the colours are spot on. Killer BG. Well captured.

[arash_hazeghi]

beautiful pose and details, nice perch and BG too

[Johan Kruger]

super colors, love this photo

[Norm Dulak]

Humberto, this is absolutely stunning!

[Jeff Dyck]

Humberto - I think this shot is about perfect! Well done.

[Don Lacy]

Wonderful image Humberto, love the perch, BG, and the singing pose.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very, very nice. I like everything about this, except for the tail/foliage merge (as per Geoff). Dynamite pose, and love the BG. Nicely done!!

[Troy Lim]

All I could say it I wish it was mine. Just love everything about this..

[Sid Garige]

Exceptional image Humbarto. Fantastic subject with very complementing background.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Amazing image Humberto. This is pretty much perfect in my book. I've enjoyed your beee-ater series thorougly.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Gorgeous colors, IQ and HA...i relly like the open beak. BG is outsatnding...great image Humberto

[Jonathan Ashton]

Absolutely beautiful image, this just oozes with quality, the colours composition and definition are all excellent. I don't mind the tail where it is - sometimes we can make an image just a little "too perfect" to believe.

[Ofer Levy]

Beautiful!!!

[Kiran Poonacha]

super setting here...

[Krijn Trimbos]

The perch is killer and makes this shot. Love the open beak, cool subject and BG. A winner here!

[Doug Brown]

Stunning photo Humberto! Congratulations!

[Tom Redd]

Absolutely stunning!

[Steven Kersting]

Love the bird! Great BG as well.
The twigs tail issue could be "fixed" with a little effort, but it's great as is.... I might lighten the eye a bit.