Skirmish

Gallery: AvianPosted March 2, 2011242 views15 comments

European Bee-eater
Macerata - Italy

D3s
200-400@300
1/1600
f:5.6
iso 400
100% FF
Tripod

Thanks For Looking

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Harry Harris on March 2, 2011 at 9:45 AM

Antino,

What a capture! I like the composition with the perch on a diagonal one way the birds on a diagonal the other. At first I was sorry the upper birds wing was clipped but now I don't know. I seems to tell a story the way you have presented the shot. The incoming bird is an invader and your primary subject does not like it. I really like it a lot and I plan to show it to my wife this evening.

Registered on August 2, 2010, 169 Posts, 741 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on March 2, 2011 at 10:34 AM

Great catch of the action! Nice detail in the birds plumage. Well exposed. The clipped wing is not a factor IMHO. Thanks for sharing.

Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on March 2, 2011 at 10:51 AM

Fantastic image Antino. I love the action and the composition. The clipped wing, for me, is a non issue.

May

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Comment posted by Karen Summers on March 2, 2011 at 10:57 AM

such a shame the wing is clipped but still a pleasure to view lovely colour

Registered on December 3, 2009, 83 Posts, 818 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on March 2, 2011 at 11:29 AM

Lovely colors Antino, of both the birds and the background. I especially like that there is a view of both the bird's eyes, that both have thier bills open and the interaction between the birds. Because the interaction is so great I think this image would have been more powerfully composed if the upper bird had not been clipped though this is nice as presented.

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on March 2, 2011 at 1:08 PM

Antino: great interaction captured here. The skirmish is really neat. Pose of the bird on the bottom is dramatic. I wish the bird on top was all there. I think it would make this image even stronger.

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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on March 2, 2011 at 1:42 PM

Wow !!

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on March 2, 2011 at 2:02 PM

Antino minor nits apart this is a superb image.

Keith.

Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 2, 2011 at 2:26 PM

Wow, very interesting action shot and great job in getting this. I like seeing the bottom wing span with all that color, way to go, well done.

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Comment posted by Alan Bryant on March 2, 2011 at 2:46 PM

This would be over the top if the wing was there.

A fantastic image non the less.

Well done

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on March 2, 2011 at 9:06 PM

Wonderful shot Antonio, superb colour, detail and action :^)

Cheers!

Ashley

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on March 2, 2011 at 9:36 PM

Amazing! Love it

Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments

Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on March 3, 2011 at 4:08 AM

Wonderful shot, Antino. I love the composition, the exposure, the colors, the DOF, the BG

Too bad for that missing wing !!!
Mauro

Registered on January 21, 2010, 650 Posts, 2500 Comments

Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on March 5, 2011 at 7:21 PM

I love the second bird coming into the picture! Great sharpness, colours, and seperation from the background! I also really like the catchlight in the second birds eye. Awesome picture! Did you take this on the same day that you took the bee-eater catching the moth? Either way, these are two stunning pictures!

Registered on February 8, 2011, 254 Posts, 1302 Comments

Comment posted by Murali Santhanam on April 17, 2011 at 10:57 AM

What a great image.

Registered on July 31, 2008, 43 Posts, 331 Comments