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Southern Carmine Bee-eater


Southern Carmine Bee-eater
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Copyright: Peter van Zoest (PeterZ) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1446 W: 76 N: 3153] (10349)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-10-07
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D70, AF Nikkor 70-300mm f4-5.6 G, Digital RAW
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/2000 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-11-03 14:18
Viewed: 1027
Points: 48
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
In Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam they’ve made a huge aviary above a grassland with trees. In that aviary are much species of birds. One of them are 29 Southern Carmine Bee-eaters.
Years ago I’ve seen them in Africa, but couldn’t make a photo of them.

The Southern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) (formerly Carmine Bee-eater) occurs from Zululand and Namibia to Gabon, eastern Zaire and Kenya.
This striking bird is mostly rose-coloured with the crown and undertail coverts blue. It is found usually in low-altitude river valleys and floodplains, preferring vertical banks suitable for tunneling when breeding. Breeding August-November in Zimbabwe, they move south to South Africa for the summer months, and migrate to equatorial Africa from March to August.
This is a highly sociable species, gathering in large flocks, in or out of breeding season. They roost communally in trees or reedbeds, and disperse widely during the day, hawking flying insects from any perch available, including the backs of large animals or even the Kori Bustard. They are attracted to veldfires because of the flushed insects, and are often seen circling high in the air.
Nesting is at the end of a 1-2m long burrow in an earthen bank, where the lay from 2-5 eggs.
(Wikipedia)

nglen, JoseMiguel, fartash, jaycee, eqshannon, claudine, undoredo, EOSF1, Alex99, wingle, Kathleen, kjpweb, uleko, pvb, darwin, tiklod, SelenE has marked this note useful
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Hi Peter,
What a colorful presentation!
Very good your close approach and details got on the bird, its feather's colours are so vivid and beautiful.
I like the pose caufht and the composition made with the trunk.
Congratulations and thanks for share it.
My best regards,
JM

Hello Peter
Wonderful shot of this colorful Bee-eater,
Great composition,lighting and DOF,Welldone.

Good Luck
Fartash

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1987 W: 8 N: 5258] (17043)
  • [2007-11-03 14:48]

Hi Peter,

What a beautiful bird! I've never seen this one before. Wonderful shot with beautiful colors and good details. He looks like he is wearing a hood. Fantastic plummage. Great pose and background to make a lovely picture.

Jane

Wow..What a keen bird this is..it carries its form a colours proudly...and you seem to have caught it on a nice natural perch. Nice to know the are sociable:-) They are priceless...
Bob

Hi Peter,
This is a beautiful capture of such colorful bird! Those colors and light in his eye are wonderful; composition and exposure just superb! Thanks,
Claudine

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-11-03 19:13]

Hello Peter

I can always count on you to post unique and exotic colourful birds.
Another fine image of a beautiful bird.The colours are vibrant.
Very good POV and DOF.
The plumage detail is well defined with sharp details.
The vertical crop is very good,the bird is well placed in the frame.
TFS

Rob

Hello Peter,
What a beautiful bird you bring here!!
Outstanding lovely colours and excellent details, with very nice composition and POV!
Well focused and presented!!
TFS and regards,
Kevin

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1429 W: 128 N: 5266] (23267)
  • [2007-11-04 1:49]

What a beautiful bird Peter ! Well done on the composition,sharpness and exposure. Thanks for the note too.

Mario

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1675 W: 5 N: 2141] (11952)
  • [2007-11-04 2:54]

Bonjour Peter,

Superbe oiseau aux merveilleuse couleurs.
Merci!
Joseph

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2224 W: 10 N: 6266] (23542)
  • [2007-11-04 8:08]

Hi Peter. Thanks for posting this one i have never seen it before. this is the beauty of TN.
You have captured it with your sharp focusing to give fine detail. bright colours. and a nice POV/DOF. well done TFS. good notes too.
Nick..

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3233 W: 154 N: 4939] (15899)
  • [2007-11-04 10:11]

Hi Peter.
I like your very colourful and perfectly composed shot a lot. This beautiful bird is represented nicely. Its turning is elegant and fine. Scenery is simple and charming. Quality of the picture is perfect. First of all I mean the DOF, sharpness and light/colour reproduction. My compliments and TFS.
Alexei.

Hi Peter,
This is a superbly composed shot! Very good point of view, excellent focus and exposure, nice colorful plummage with good eye contact. Well done!
Wing

Hi Peter,

What an amazing looking bird - slightly more colourful that my posting today! Excellent level of detail, beautiful colours and light, nice pov and dof and good composition.

Kind regards,

Mike

Hi Peter.
Great light showing up all his colour and detail. Beautiful composition sitting out on the branch and caught at the right moment with his head turned back to look at you.
Wonderful image

Kathleen

Pretty colorful bird! Nicely captured. Seems to be a very exiting exhibit, you visited! Cheers, Klaus

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2678 W: 173 N: 8282] (26095)
  • [2007-11-05 6:47]

Hello Peter,
Beautiful capture of this Bee-eater posing nicely for you. Wonderful colours of the plumage and sharp details. I've noticed that Bee-eaters often sit with their back feathers ruffled, is it the wind or are they sunning their backs??
Many thanks, Ulla

Superbes couleurs, beaux détails d'une grande netteté.
Bravo
Marie

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1817 W: 29 N: 5281] (17302)
  • [2007-11-05 7:44]

Hi Peter,
Fantastic shot of this beautiful Bee-eater with such fabulous colours and details on its plumage. Great lighting, exposure, pose, DOF and BG. Looks majestic. Excellent POV to portray it and very nicely composed. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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  • pvb Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 381 W: 20 N: 522] (1815)
  • [2007-11-06 4:03]

Hi Peter,
Deze staat er mooi op en zit heerlijk te genieten van de najaarszon. Mooie compositie en pose van je model.
Goed scherp en prachtig licht.
gr. Paula

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  • darwin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 261 W: 0 N: 520] (1942)
  • [2007-11-06 17:27]

Hi Peter
Wonderful capture
Superb Sharpness and detail
Lovely color allround
tfs jon

hello
des couleurs superbes pour cet oiseau, bonne position de lui, netteté parfaite et bons détails
félicitations, merci a toi
edith

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  • tiklod Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 300 W: 74 N: 883] (3367)
  • [2007-11-07 14:01]

Hi Peter,
Of course we don't have these birds here in Canada! Beautiful colours on this Bee-eater! Excellent details on feathers. Lovely BG...
Regards,

Claude

Bonjour Peter,

Très jolie galerie...

J'ai choisi cette photo aujourd'hui, pour le "piqué" et les couleurs de cet oiseau, magnifiquement mis en valeur.

Bravo et merci de partager

Liliane

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2447 W: 63 N: 4087] (13166)
  • [2007-11-12 14:17]

Hi Peter,
Quite different from the European Bee-eaters. Colors on the plumage are beautiful in this one too. TFS
Best wishes,
Selen

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  • gerhardt Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2210 W: 268 N: 4098] (11541)
  • [2007-11-14 6:07]

This critter evades me... I have none to compare... very well done.

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