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Bee-eater

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Posted by Magnus Hird on October 9, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Bee-eater
Another one from Africa. Took this one afternoon when I spent a couple of hours following a variety of birdlife around the walkways of the lodge we stayed at. I couldn't find a vantage point where I could get on a level with the bee-eaters despite being on raised up paths so ended up shooting everything into the afternoon sky. In my favour was that they would keep coming back to the same perch after short forays chasing insects.

40D + 120-300 + 2xTC = 548mm, ISO 800 and f/6.3 for 1/2000, +1/3ev, beanbag rested on handrail

About 50-60% crop from the original and a fair bit of sharpening - might have overdone some of it.

All comments welcome :smile:
Posted by keith mitchell on October 9, 2008 at 3:43 PM
Magnus a beautiful little Bee-eater,like it a lot.

Mitch.
Posted by Major Gilbert on October 9, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Great looking Bee eater Magnus (What species?). The tail blur does tend to make me look there first but its still a nice looking image. :toast:

Major.
Posted by John Robinson on October 9, 2008 at 5:09 PM
Cracking shot and bird too.
JR
Posted by Ian Mason on October 9, 2008 at 6:08 PM
Very nice indeed. Sharpening looks fine to me. You could maybe darken the sky a little.
Posted by Andy Shepherd on October 10, 2008 at 10:25 AM


Very nice shot Magnus, a smashing little bird that I'd love to see.

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Kim Connolly on October 10, 2008 at 2:14 PM
Really very beautiful.
Posted by Magnus Hird on October 11, 2008 at 3:18 PM
Major: think this is a little bee-eater

Thanks for the comments guys, lots to try my hand at with some more editing :smile:
Posted by Justin on October 12, 2008 at 4:33 AM
A nice shot of a beautiful species. :cool: