Rainbow Bee-eater with Dfly

[John Cooper]

Photographed just outside the bee-eaters nesting tunnell in the side of a creek embankment.

Canon EOS 5, Canon 100-300 F5.6L, ISO 100, Natural light with flash (syncro-sun), Hide, Tripod.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great eye contact and great timing,nice work John

[Simon Bennett]

A terrific image John - bother dragonfly and bee-eaters head tack sharp.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great catch both of you! I wish for a bit wider DOF.

[Arthur Morris]

Quite excellent. Great job with the head angle.

later and love, artie

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi John,

Love the pose and details. Looks a little bright perhaps curves will help you on that. The food is a HUGE plus.

Excellent image.

[Brian Wong]

Hi John!

I really like this! Sharp bug and sharp colorful bird. Nice background with touch of back light, fill flash isn't even noticed. Diagonals of the tail and the beak all converge on the power point eye. Very nice!

[Gus Cobos]

Excellent John,
Love the action here. Composition and details are dead on...:)

Congrats...:D

[Ian Colley]

Well done John, head angle and timing spot on. You really managed to capture the vivid colours of this bird.

[Andreas Kanon]

Great catch for both of you. A bit to much flash feel for my liking, dial back a bit and it would be even better imo.

[David Steele]

A beaut John.