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by A. Meir on Tue Sep 04, 2012 11:03 pm
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Congratulations! This is the Image of the Week selection for the Birds Gallery, week ending 7th September, 2012!Little Green Bee-eater
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by SantaFeJoe on Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:12 am
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A beautiful bird in a perfect pose and prey to boot! Nice. One question. Your background is often just like this one. Is this a natural BG or part of a setup?

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by Karl Seddon on Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:58 am
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A great image of a Bee-eater doing what Bee-eaters do!
Dynamic landing pose + greenery on the perch add alot of interest + I'm always a lover of your backgrounds.

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by A. Meir on Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:48 am
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SantaFeJoe wrote:A beautiful bird in a perfect pose and prey to boot! Nice. One question. Your background is often just like this one. Is this a natural BG or part of a setup?

SFJ
Thanks
Most of my images are captured in the Arava valley near Eilat, Israel, which is a desert area. Therefore the background is often in the natural colors of the desert.
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by cartgate on Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:35 am
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Excellent work!
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by Jim Urbach on Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:33 am
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Wonderful full wing spread on landing. Excellent head turn plus the bee. Well done
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by SantaFeJoe on Wed Sep 05, 2012 6:40 am
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A. Meir wrote:
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Most of my images are captured in the Arava valley near Eilat, Israel, which is a desert area. Therefore the background is often in the natural colors of the desert.
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Curiosity satisfied! Thanks! It looks natural and desert like, but I wasn't sure. Always nice shots!

SFJ
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by gillesk on Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:54 am
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Beautifull pose and perch for a nice and natural composition.
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by Morkel Erasmus on Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:42 pm
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very nicely done!! love the pose and colours...
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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:33 pm
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Avi,

Beautiful image in every way.
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by Debapratim Saha on Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:33 pm
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Excellent shot with landing action,perch and sandy bg.
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by James Vellozzi on Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:15 pm
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Well there goes my chances again for Image of the week.. Haha.. Super capture Al.. I hope you get it.. well deserved here..
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by Holguin on Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:01 pm
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Superb shot. Excellent pose and wonderful background.
Very well done.
 

by alexgwoodruff on Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:48 am
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Stunning pose and complimentary background. Excellent work.
 

by Frank Schauf on Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:04 am
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Beautiful portrait, great pose and colours, Avi.
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by Con Foley on Fri Sep 07, 2012 1:43 am
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Very nice landing pose with prey and a great perch !
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by Amy Kay on Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:50 am
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Beautiful image!
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by Katlady on Sat Sep 15, 2012 10:57 am
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Awesome shot....
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by Lensmaster on Mon Oct 01, 2012 7:17 am
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Stunning shot.
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