Cape Glossy Starling

[Stu Bowie]

There are more than just Kingfishers at my favourite location in the Pilanesberg Nature reserve. I thought I would share a Starling with you. Taken at 7.08am and the BG is as shot.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/2000
F/6.3
ISO 640

Manual exposure
Hand Held

[Doug Brown]

What a cool-looking Starling Stuart! The light really helped bring out the iridescence. Sharpness is top-notch. And I like the curved perch. The bug is the icing on the cake!

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great stuff mate...Great IQ and the iridescence looks perfect. Really a awesome Mankwe BG!

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice Stu, love the BG and light, the prey item of course adds more interest!

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Love the starling ....very nice looking bird . The creamy BG and the prey is a big plus !!

[Arno Ellmer]

Superb, Stu.We all know how difficult it is to get detail on these guys ,and you did very well ! The trick is probably to catch them very early , in sweet light , as you did .
I love everything about it !

[RAM MALLYA]

Amazing looking bird you have got here with a catch and lovely BG

[Chris Martinez]

That's one smooth BG with the variegated colour keeping things interesting. The perch is gnarly too And a bird with a bug is always better than a bird with out...

I like the positioning of the bird in the frame with the perch flowing as it does.

[gail bisson]

It has all been said. No nits from me and you got the irridecence perfectly. Lovely BG and love the bug,
Gail

[denise ippolito]

Stuart, Really nice! Sharp, well exposed, curved perch and lovely BG!!

[Grace Scalzo]

Thumbs up from me too, Stuart. Complete and interesting.

[Randy Stout]

Stuart:

Very well captured with great display of the iridescence, sharp, well exposed, good angle in frame, eye , prey.

Fun perch.

I could see a version with a sliver off the left side, but excellent as posted.

Cheers

Randy

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Stuart, terrific shot. loved the iridescence and the clean BG. prey a big bonus as always.

[Melissa Groo]

Fantastic job on this Stuart, doesn't get much better than this. The soft morning light perfect for that irridescence. Gorgeous BG, and IQ.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Stunning image, Stu. Just love the light and the iridescence brought out by it.
The perch, the bg, the comp combined with the prey make this a winner.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all so much for the kind words. Always appreciated.

[Robert Holguin]

Wow!!! Superb image. Love the pose, the detail is just amazing, great perch and background, and the bug in its beak is just great.
Well done.