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

#1 of 10


Edited by Jude Perera on Dec 03, 2007 at 06:51 PM GMT

#2 of 10

Edited by Jude Perera on Dec 03, 2007 at 06:52 PM GMT

#3 of 10

Edited by Jude Perera on Dec 03, 2007 at 07:09 PM GMT

#4 of 10 - Heavy crop.

Edited by Jude Perera on Dec 03, 2007 at 07:32 PM GMT

#5 of 10 - Few seconds before landing.

Edited by Jude Perera on Dec 03, 2007 at 07:11 PM GMT

#6 of 10 – About to land on a branch with its meal.

#7 of 10

Edited by Jude Perera on Dec 03, 2007 at 07:33 PM GMT

#8 of 10

Edited by Jude Perera on Dec 03, 2007 at 07:35 PM GMT

#9 of 10 – ready to fly….

Edited by Jude Perera on Dec 03, 2007 at 07:49 PM GMT

#10 of 10 – gone…..



Edited by Jude Perera on Dec 03, 2007 at 07:50 PM GMT

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

Really nice work Jude, love the colors of these guys

Steve

Nice work, I love the colors on this bird. # 7 is my fav.

Beautiful shots of a gorgeous bird, Jude. My favorites are #1, 5 and 10. Thanks for sharing.

Gorgeous captures Jude, looking sharp too.

No 1 is artistic.

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

Cool shots, Jude!

Beautiful series Jude, love the colors on these birds. Favorites are 5 and 7, great job!

Doug

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Jude

mabidally wrote:
Gorgeous captures Jude, looking sharp too.

No 1 is artistic.



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.

Jude