There is beauty then there is BEAUTY! These are just an absolute joy to behold! You are so very fortunate to have experienced this and your capture of these birds is outstanding!
Mary
Thank you vaery much. It was definately great fun to watch and photo these birds. Fellow photographers and birders hope they will return next year even greater in numbers!
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cs3is wrote:
Killer set. 19th is special.
Thank you. When I saw 4 birds sitting on the stick, all of them with insects I was spraying and praying that they will allign their heads well. Shot @ f11.
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dj_hess wrote:
Tons of great images here Michal. Earned my vote.
Dave
Thanks Dave!
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#19 is quite remarkable as well. Exceptional series!
Thank you. 19 was one of the pictures I wanted to take - more than 1 bird with food in theri beak. And I got 4
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keepclicking wrote:
Michal, what an incredible set of birds that are seldom photographed. This set definitely earns my vote. 👍🏻
Thank you ! Maybe they are not photographed so often because they are quite common in certain regions. However, here they are quite an attraction. Other most colourful birds are rollers (almost extinct ~10 breeding pairs in the whole country) and common kingfishers.
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Jaw-dropping images, Michal! Not only you captured the colors of those colorful birds really well but you also did so while they were “eating” or in the process of flipping their meal.
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AGeoJO wrote:
Jaw-dropping images, Michal! Not only you captured the colors of those colorful birds really well but you also did so while they were “eating” or in the process of flipping their meal.
Joshua
Thanks After few portraits those flips and other behaviour shots are the most fun!
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drangel1 wrote:
What a great set - love these colors!
Thanks ! I love their colour as well. Our most colourful birds besides Rollers which are almost extinct here and common kingfishers.
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P.S. thanks fro all the votes! It is great honour to be featured here. The competition had awesome pictures and stories to show ! Now it is time to slowly collect pictures for next wildlife photo story.
johnohio wrote:
Top notch images !!! Congrats on your win!
John
Thank you
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OwlsEyes wrote:
This is amazing work. Your images make up a wonderful photo essay that is rich with story.
I absolutely love the set... the image of 4 birds each with an insect prize stands out to me.
bravo!
Thanks. I try to make photos of different behaviours to make a story. Usually I fail and end up with portraits, but I still lack portraits of many spiecies and that is the first type of photo I try to get
