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Rainbow Bee eater with prey
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:42 pm
by Karl Seddon
Congratulations! This is the Image of the Week selection for the Birds Gallery, week ending 19th October, 2012!
Rainbow Bee eater (Merops ornatus)
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"
Hope you enjoy,
Best Regards
Karl
Re: Rainbow Bee eater with prey
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:48 pm
by Dan Bailey
MONEY! You've got a winner here!!!
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 11:04 pm
by JessFindlay
Sweet light, framing, prey and especially processing on this beauty Karl! Sharpening is spot on. Looove this one
Re: Rainbow Bee eater with prey
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 11:36 pm
by Benknoot
perfect
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:00 am
by A. Meir
Beautifully composed image.
Regards
A. Meir
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:48 am
by bradjames
Stunning capture. You got all the elements in this one
Re: Rainbow Bee eater with prey
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 5:07 am
by Chris Martinez
That butterfly is beautifully presented, Karl
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:13 am
by Alan Murphy
A beautiful image Karl.
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:41 am
by Glenn Bartley
Ooohhhh....thats a nice one!
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:56 am
by hastorga
Just gorgeous, perfect!!!!
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:54 am
by E.J. Peiker
Oh wow, this is too good!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:17 am
by LouBuonomo
Stunning Karl !
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:54 pm
by Karl Egressy
Absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 3:56 pm
by Jim Urbach
The butterfly takes this over the top, Love the colors and composition
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:50 pm
by James Vellozzi
Nice,but I am confused.. what do you mean the image is deceptive??
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:54 pm
by toucan10000
Nice on Karl!
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 6:03 pm
by wtracyparnell
Terrific image!
Re:
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:33 pm
by Karl Seddon
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
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.
Cheers,
Karl
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:36 pm
by Jerry Peltier
Beautiful ! Love everything in this one. Very well done , Karl !
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:17 pm
by James Vellozzi
Karl
Perfect sense now.. thanks.. I have seen this behavior, on Discovery Channel unfort.. hehe
great set up and capture..
Canon 7D - 800mm | 1/1000s @ f10, iso800, setup, natural prey | pp:contrast/color adjustments, crop + sharpen for web