Last weekend I wanted to get further practice with my new lens 400mm 5.6 and visited the Bolgoda Lake to get some Brahminy Kites (small eagle) in flight. This was my 2nd outing with this lens. Unfortunately I couldn’t get hold of any bird after exploring my usual places for couple of hours. Finally decided to head back home and on my way thought of taking a different root where I haven’t been. Came across these Blue-tailed Bee-eaters and they were busy capturing insects on a nearby tree by the Lake.
Appreciate comments, critiques and any shooting tips.
Jude
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#4 of 10 - Heavy crop.
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#5 of 10 - Few seconds before landing.
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#6 of 10 – About to land on a branch with its meal.
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#9 of 10 – ready to fly….
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#10 of 10 – gone…..
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Dec 03, 2007 at 12:23 PM
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I think they are all lovely - well exercuted shots - No. 4 and the last ones are my favourites - love the colours shown in Number 4
Dec 03, 2007 at 01:38 PM
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Really nice work Jude, love the colors of these guys
Steve
Dec 03, 2007 at 02:06 PM
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Nice work, I love the colors on this bird. # 7 is my fav.
Dec 03, 2007 at 02:18 PM
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Beautiful shots of a gorgeous bird, Jude. My favorites are #1, 5 and 10. Thanks for sharing.
Dec 03, 2007 at 05:59 PM
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Gorgeous captures Jude, looking sharp too.
No 1 is artistic.
Dec 03, 2007 at 06:04 PM
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Beautiful shots, Jude. Your work has really improved lately. Your shots are cleaner and with sharper detail. Your composition skill is improving as well. I like them all in particular the second shot where you can se the front and the back of that beautifulbird: Beautiful wing display in # 5, and 6. Thanks for sharing,
Socrate
Dec 03, 2007 at 09:07 PM
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Cool shots, Jude!
Dec 04, 2007 at 12:40 AM
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Beautiful series Jude, love the colors on these birds. Favorites are 5 and 7, great job!
Doug
Dec 04, 2007 at 02:26 AM
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Everything comes together in #3, Jude, the perch and bird positioning are exquisite. I would have toyed around just a touch with the eye area in order to bring it out just a bit more. Great looking bird.
Dec 04, 2007 at 02:33 AM
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Steven Everitt wrote:
I think they are all lovely - well exercuted shots - No. 4 and the last ones are my favourites - love the colours shown in Number 4
Thanks Steven for your comments. This bird is very colorful.
Jude
Dec 04, 2007 at 02:41 AM
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Steve A wrote:
Really nice work Jude, love the colors of these guys
Steve
Hi Steve, I am glad that you liked the pictures.
Jude
Dec 04, 2007 at 02:45 AM
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mark fadely wrote:
Nice work, I love the colors on this bird. # 7 is my fav.
Hi Mark, Usually you could never see such a wing spread of this type of a small bird. I too like #7 because of this reason.
Jude
Dec 04, 2007 at 02:52 AM
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Great shots Jude.
we have those in Australia too, but are known as Rainbow bee eaters. They nest in burrows in banks? Yours too?
Thanks for sharing
Tim
Dec 04, 2007 at 03:16 AM
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JJBub wrote:
Beautiful shots of a gorgeous bird, Jude. My favorites are #1, 5 and 10. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Cris for taking time to comment. I am glad that you enjoyed this series.
Hi Mohammad, thanks for your comments. This is a real sharp lens if the focusing is accurate and without shake. Since you like the #1 I did a further cropping of that image to show the lens sharpness. Even the initial image(#1) I posted is a crop.
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