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Rainbow Bee-eater
IanC

Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)

On a recent holiday to Darwin there were large numbers of these birds around the headland areas of the city. I set myslef up near a perch they were using while hawking for insects and waited. A patch of mangroves about 30 meters behind the bird allowed me to get a smooth back ground.
Habitat
Open Areas
Location
Darwin NT
Date taken
26/8/2008
Scientific name
Merops ornatus
Equipment used
Canon 40D, 500mm, TC1.4
That is just stunning. All those colours in one bird, tis magical. Wonderful shot :t:
 
Absolutely beautiful Ian, an image packed with colour and class, great stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
A fantastic photograph Ian. Very well done. The shot is so well balanced and the colours are great.
Rookery.
 
This is excellent. Ev's are spot on; clarity is brilliant; colour renditiona and density is pure and deep; head angle and eye contact perfect. Only thing I'd suggest is to add a little more canvas at the top and right side of the image to open it up a bit ;) With that said, I give :t: :t: :t: :t: :t: out of 5 and a :clap: for good measure. cheers B :)
 

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