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Backlit Bee-eater

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Posted by Jeroen Stel on May 17, 2012 at 6:02 AM
Backlit Bee-eater
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
Posted by Graham Goddard on May 17, 2012 at 6:27 AM
Large version ?
Posted by Jeroen Stel on May 17, 2012 at 8:03 AM
Hi Graham,

As said in a previous post i do not like to post large versions as i have had some bad experience with people using my (larger) files for publications in magazines or on websites without my consent.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Graham Goddard on May 17, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Understood Jeroen - lovely image with some super colours :toast:
Posted by keith mitchell on May 17, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Jeroen i love the way the light shines through the wings and the tail,great image.

Keith. :smile:
Posted by Nick Mckeown on May 17, 2012 at 12:06 PM
Hard to tell on the small image but it looks a little soft on the wings. Were they in motion at the time or being stretched? Lovely image Jeroen and the back lighting works well here.

Nick. :smile: :wavey: :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on May 17, 2012 at 12:44 PM
That's different !
Cheers
JR
Posted by David Kjaer on May 19, 2012 at 5:21 AM
Beautiful and I love your composition. I might be tempted to lift the shadow detail a little on just the birds body (not the wings) to give even more impact to an already great image.

David :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by David Sewell on May 19, 2012 at 6:44 AM
Lovely lighting makes this image pop in my opinion.

David
Posted by Craig Jones on May 19, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Wonderful light and pose Jeroen and great composition :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Paul Whippey on May 19, 2012 at 3:29 PM
Fantastic. I love the pose and the lighting is spot on. :toast: :toast: :toast: