Backlit Bee-eater

[Jeroen Stel]

Another one from my recent trip to Southern France for the Bee-Eaters..

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark IV
Shutter speed: 1/640 sec
Aperture: F 6.3
Exposure mode: M
Exposure compensation: - 2/3
Flash:Yes + Better Beamer
Flash exposure compensation:-2
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 400
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod from hide
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS5

[Humberto Ramos]

Hi Jeroen,

Also like Bee-eater´s, this year in Portugal the weather wasn´t as good as last year to photograph them, didn´t took any good shot this year.
I do like this diferent prespectiv of them, I also think the bird is a bit tight on the left side.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Love the pose and soft light. The light illumimating the wings works so nicely.

[Mat Bingham]

The Bee Eater looks fantastic. Could do with a bit more room on the left. I am not os keen on the perch. But the backlighting looks great.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Jeron, best part is the back light. good job with the flash to get some details. agree that it needs more room on left and top. the wing tips is a little too close to the corner, I feel.

higher ISO would have been better perhpas to freeze it perfectly.