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by Karl Seddon on Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:42 pm
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Congratulations! This is the Image of the Week selection for the Birds Gallery, week ending 19th October, 2012!Rainbow Bee eater (Merops ornatus)
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Canon 7D - 800mm | 1/1000s @ f10, iso800, setup, natural prey | pp:contrast/color adjustments, crop + sharpen for web

Taken yesterday arvo, the sun was still a little high, but squally cloud moved in shortly after this was taken & the Bee eaters & bugs quickly disappeared
The image is deceptive as the bird was actually mid 'bash', removing the butterflys "sting" :D
Hope you enjoy,

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by Dan Bailey on Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:48 pm
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MONEY! You've got a winner here!!!
 

by JessFindlay on Tue Oct 16, 2012 11:04 pm
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Sweet light, framing, prey and especially processing on this beauty Karl! Sharpening is spot on. Looove this one :D
 

by Benknoot on Tue Oct 16, 2012 11:36 pm
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by A. Meir on Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:00 am
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Beautifully composed image.
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by bradjames on Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:48 am
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Stunning capture. You got all the elements in this one
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by Chris Martinez on Wed Oct 17, 2012 5:07 am
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That butterfly is beautifully presented, Karl :wink:
 

by Alan Murphy on Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:13 am
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A beautiful image Karl.
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by Glenn Bartley on Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:41 am
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Ooohhhh....thats a nice one!
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by hastorga on Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:56 am
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Just gorgeous, perfect!!!!
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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:54 am
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Oh wow, this is too good!!!!!!!!!
 

by LouBuonomo on Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:17 am
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Stunning Karl !
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by Karl Egressy on Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:54 pm
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Absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!
 

by Jim Urbach on Wed Oct 17, 2012 3:56 pm
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The butterfly takes this over the top, Love the colors and composition
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by James Vellozzi on Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:50 pm
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Nice,but I am confused.. what do you mean the image is deceptive??
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by toucan10000 on Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:54 pm
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Nice on Karl!
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by wtracyparnell on Wed Oct 17, 2012 6:03 pm
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Terrific image!
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by Karl Seddon on Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:33 pm
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Thankyou for taking the time to have a look - Some really great comments in there - Sincerely!
Goshawkjv wrote:Nice,but I am confused.. what do you mean the image is deceptive??
James, Im not sure if you're familiar with this group of birds, but once caught they will energetically bash all their prey against the nearest hard surface to remove the sting. They will do this regardless of the presence of stings.
As bees & wasps make up a fair portion of their diet I guess their taking no chances :D
Although this frame was caught during a brief pause in strikes the energy isn't implied, so belies what I was actually seeing. Hope that makes sense.

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by Jerry Peltier on Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:36 pm
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Beautiful ! Love everything in this one. Very well done , Karl !
 

by James Vellozzi on Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:17 pm
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Perfect sense now.. thanks.. I have seen this behavior, on Discovery Channel unfort.. hehe
great set up and capture..
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