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Pair Rainbow Bee eaters


Pair Rainbow Bee eaters
Photo Information
Copyright: jon cody (darwin) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 247 W: 0 N: 455] (1716)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-10
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 40D, 100-400L is
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/400 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): !Fine Feathered Friends [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-07-12 20:54
Viewed: 733
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 66
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus

The Rainbow Bee-eater is mostly turquoise green with a black line through its eye like a bandit, and another under its yellow throat. With its long black beak it really does catch bees, beating them on a branch until they can no longer sting before tossing them down. It catches most of its insect food while flying from trees or low shrubs.

When building a nest the Rainbow Bee-eater gets away from the light altogether. It digs a long tunnel in a bank and lays four to five eggs in a chamber at the end. In southern Australia it is too cold for bee-eaters in winter so they fly north to New Guinea.

Shoot_Score, goutham_ramesh, Royaldevon, uleko, CeltickRanger, maurydv, jaycee, Evelynn, goldyrs, Gert-Paassen, Argus, Luis52, boreocypriensis, marhowie, hester has marked this note useful
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  • Great 
  • Fardad (40)
  • [2008-07-12 21:52]

This is a perfect shot, Great Focus and wonderful depth ...
Thanks for sharing Jon. and good luck.
-Fardad

nice couple, TFS Ori

  • Great 
  • Arjun Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 299 W: 3 N: 735] (3444)
  • [2008-07-12 23:33]

hi darwin,
very nicely composed picture.good colour combination.
tfs

  • Great 
  • Art_R Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 199 W: 16 N: 478] (1975)
  • [2008-07-12 23:39]

Hi Jon , very nice photograph , I like how they are facing away from each other , good natural color nice soft background and good detail too , thanks for sharing
regards
Art

Wonderful picture of this couple. I love the colors and the composition here. These cute fella's look like small green bee eaters that we find here in india.
TFS
Goutham R

Hi John
This is a stunning image. They are magnificent birds and the simplicity of this shot is remarkable. Lovely sharpness, focus and DOF. TFS
Cheers
Sue

Hello Jon,

It looks as if they have had an argument!
Lovely details of the plummage and features.
Great composition, using the diagonal twig as a divider.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

  • Great 
  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2468 W: 168 N: 7464] (23588)
  • [2008-07-13 4:52]

Hello Darwin,
Splendid capture of these gorgeous Rainbow Bee-eaters in wonderful light. Great focus and fine sharp details. The colours of birds and background are fabulous and I really like your composition!
Many thanks and cheers, Ulla

hello Jon

excellent shot of this pair of Rainbow Bee-eaters, fine POV & DOF,
beautiful luminosity and colours of the image,
excellent sharpness and details, i love the background, TFS

Asbed

Wow! I wish we have those birds here, they are so beautiful! This is a very nice capture of this cute couple. Tones of colors, details and composition are superb. Thanks,
Claudine

very nice shot! like a painting! great dof and composition. very nice colours!
Tfs
Ilias

  • Great 
  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1330 W: 107 N: 4816] (21378)
  • [2008-07-13 8:13]

Hello Jon! Another great shot my friend! Super sarp image,excellent composition and a very beautiful bokeh in the background, well done, thanks!

Mario

Splendida cattura di questi gruccioni, eccellenti POV e composizione con le belle pose con gli sguardi contrapposti, ottima definizione, molto belli i colori dalle tonalità calde di questa bellissima luce radente. Grazie complimenti. Ciao Maurizio

  • Great 
  • falke Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 158 W: 17 N: 443] (1590)
  • [2008-07-13 9:17]

Absolutely amazing photo of these bee eaters. A perfect composition with a beautiful BG and a perfect POV. I love those leaves to the right.

Best regards/Bengt

  • Great 
  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1788 W: 8 N: 4639] (15001)
  • [2008-07-13 10:06]

Hi Jon,

The only thing better than capturing one bee-eater is a duet. They are beautiful and I would love to see a real one some day. They look like a couple who just had a spat - love the poses. Beautiful colors, details, background and setting.

Jane

Great capture Jon. I always enjoy seeing these birds. They are so beautiful. Your color sharpness and exposure are excellent. I would have been tempted to clone out that one little leaf tip at the top.

TFS
Evelynn : )

Hi Jon,

Very good capture from these birds.
Good pov and with beautiful colours and BG.

Gert

What a shot, Jon!I simply love the superb sharpness, the brilliant colours and the awesome pose you've framed them in!
Goldy

  • Great 
  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2613 W: 133 N: 7504] (23403)
  • [2008-07-14 3:54]

Hello Jon,
This is great!
I like the pose, composition, exposure, colours and sharpness.
If I were to add a subtitle it would be 'after the row!', as this couple of rainbow bee-eaters look like they have just had a domestic arguement.
TFS this beauty,
Ivan

  • Great 
  • fthsm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 139 W: 50 N: 384] (2310)
  • [2008-07-14 4:52]

Another dreambird of mine with a nice composition :) Hopefully I will see a few this summer.
TFS,
Fatih

  • Great 
  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2351 W: 61 N: 3811] (12226)
  • [2008-07-14 10:33]

Hi Jon,
Very nice shot of this beautiful pair. Color tones, composition, lighting and POV look very good. TFS
Best wishes,
Selen

  • Great 
  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1022 W: 5 N: 2802] (10144)
  • [2008-07-14 19:53]

Hola Jon.
Me agrada mucho esta hermosa foto de este par de coloridos atrapa abejas. La pose y sus picos lucen exelentemente gracias a la calidad de la imagen. El fondo difuso los hace verse aun mejor.
Saludos Jon.
Luis52.

Fascinating birds. I like this composition with the background colour.Keeping the crop with the tree at side is a nice view.
Just to play around I made a workshop for it.
Thanks for sharing this.

Hi Jon, fantastic couple with wonderful colors, lovely blurry BG, fine details, great colors and splendid sharpness, superb composition, very well done, ciao Silvio

  • Great 
  • reina Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 263 W: 1 N: 321] (1990)
  • [2008-07-15 5:00]

This is a very nice composition, expressive couple. Nice use of colours and background blur. Thanks for your useful note as well. Reina

  • Great 
  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2008-07-15 22:13]

Hello Jon

Just marking the post for now

Rob

Hi Jon, a lovely composition of these perfectly captured Rainbow Bee eaters. they are seeming as if they debated with each other:). TFS.
Cheers,

Bayram

  • Great 
  • cako Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 389 W: 0 N: 371] (1986)
  • [2008-07-17 11:53]

Hi Jon
exellent compopsition
very good sharp and colors
very well done.

  • Great 
  • demeve Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 514 W: 8 N: 1099] (4072)
  • [2008-07-17 14:03]

Hello Jon,
Very impressive capture! These two are well presented,
very sharp, and well composed picture.. Beautiful colors
..Well done

Everton

Wonderful capture Jon,
Excellent light, color, and details.
Well done!
Howard

Excellent colours and light, great sharp detail, wonderfull work, Nice that you got two of them both sharp within the DOF tfs rgds Necip

  • Great 
  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1471 W: 18 N: 2981] (10944)
  • [2008-07-21 12:40]

Hi Jody

These are lovely looking birds and it is great to see two posing so wonderfully for you. Great POV, excellent DOF and nice composition

TFS

Karan

Have added to Theme... although these two seem to contradict same ;)

  • Great 
  • izler Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1264 W: 78 N: 874] (7918)
  • [2008-08-17 0:55]

merhaba jon
wonderful capture of two beautiful and rare bee-eaters
i like composition, POV, BG, light, colours and details
TFS
regards
izler

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