Shasoc wrote:
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

Thanks for you comments Socrate. I think I could capture better and improved images with my new glass since I could take images open wide without sacrificing IQ. Hoping to experiment more on low light capturing in future.

Jude

Jody Melanson wrote:
Cool shots, Jude!

Thanks Jody for taking time to view and comment. Trying to improve on BIF images. Appreciate very much your comments.

Jude

Nice, I really like 3, 5, and 7. Number 10 is a nice study of the bird - I thought it was flying upside down when I first looked at it. Steve W

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

Doug

Hi Doug, thanks for your comments. This bird is a favorite of mine. Not very common around households but you can see them near lakes quite often.

Jude

Normcar21 wrote:
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.

Thanks Norm for your comments and suggestion. Very much appreciate for taking time to view and comment.

Jude

Nice series from you,. BeeEater is always my favor bird.

Tim Ashton wrote:
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

Nice to hear that they are in Australia too. I thought they were only in Asia. Thanks for viewing and commenting.

Jude

Beautiful bird and some great images. Looks like you are really enjoying the 400mm. We see a lot of Bee-Eaters in East Africa too and this one reminds me of the Little Bee-Eater but the tail is longer and coloring is just slightly different.

Great flight shots which is what this lens does really well with a good photographer. I like 1 and 5 the best. No 5 because it shows the colors so well and the shape of the tail.

Grant

Nice shots of a beautiful bird!

Really nice images. With birds that beautiful it's hard to go wrong. The only thing I might have done (if the option was available) is to move around and try one or two different perspectives/backgrounds. Maybe something with the tree as background...I dunno, just a thought. Great shots though.

alameda wrote:
Nice, I really like 3, 5, and 7. Number 10 is a nice study of the bird - I thought it was flying upside down when I first looked at it. Steve W

Thanks Steve for your comments. I had some 2nd thoughts before posting the #10. Glad you liked it.

Jude

KHOR wrote:
Nice series from you,. BeeEater is always my favor bird.

Thanks Nelson for taking time to view and comment.

Jude

Hersch wrote:
Beautiful bird and some great images. Looks like you are really enjoying the 400mm. We see a lot of Bee-Eaters in East Africa too and this one reminds me of the Little Bee-Eater but the tail is longer and coloring is just slightly different.

Great flight shots which is what this lens does really well with a good photographer. I like 1 and 5 the best. No 5 because it shows the colors so well and the shape of the tail.

Grant

Hi Grant, thanks for your complement. I haven’t seen such a wing spread of this bird. These guys are very fast when they are flying. Glad to know you liked the series.

Jude

photonutt wrote:
Nice shots of a beautiful bird!

Hi David, thanks for stopping by to comment. I saw your post and really like all your BIF images.

Jude

Rob Keaton wrote:
Really nice images. With birds that beautiful it's hard to go wrong. The only thing I might have done (if the option was available) is to move around and try one or two different perspectives/backgrounds. Maybe something with the tree as background...I dunno, just a thought. Great shots though.

Hi Rob, thanks for your comments. I had to jump to the lake to get a different angle and they were hanging around fairly high.

Jude

awesome shooting jude. my favorites are #3 and 5. great color and pose that you captured. beautifully sharp.

- hung

Hungtran10 wrote:
awesome shooting jude. my favorites are #3 and 5. great color and pose that you captured. beautifully sharp.

- hung

Thanks Hung, for your kind words. I really appreciate.

Jude

Neat shots of lovely little birds!
Susan