birds (national aviary and zoos) Northern Carmine Bee-eater

Please view Larger. Comments and suggestions welcome.

Bird shots don't get much better than this! Flawless.

great shot. with colors that make me interested.

Really nice balance here. Good Boke and rich color. I really like how the vert. elements in the background on the right side are working to contrast with the angle of the twig and the angle of the bird itself. Although I typically try to avoid a comp. that brings an element out through a corner (birds tail feathers) I think this works here. Nice contrast over all...I think the birds light and dark portions are well balanced. There's a highlight directly above the bird's head just before the frame of the photo that I would consider cloning. Also, the 'darkish' part of the background is interacting just a bit too much with the birds beak to be ideal. Great work. :)

 

Marc, Toby and Bryce for your comments and ratings. Bryce, thanks for your valuable suggestions and I cannot agree you more about the constructive feedback. It's people like you who make PN a better place to share and learn. Here is the same bird on the same branch with a different position. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3085186

Great shot Jerry..one of your prettiest. 7'z