Green Bee Eater with a dragonfly

[Atul Sinai]

Green Bee Eater in the process of eating a dragonfly. Was sitting at one place observing green bee eaters for 3 hrs.
Location: River Mula, Pune

Camera: Canon 7D
Lens: Canon 400mm f5.6
Exposure: Manual
Focus: Manual
Metering: Manual
Shutter Speed: 1/1000
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 400
Focal Length: 400mm
Cropped by 10%
Tripod support
Critique welcomed !

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice to see it with a catch. Good perch and eye contact. Wish the light was less harsh. Just a bit more space at the bottom would be nice. Thanks for sharing.

[Ashok Sorout]

Nice image Atul, Focus is very sharp, The colors at the back of the birds are washed out due to harsh light. Good use of 400mm, ISO could have been reduced to 100 here, thanks for sharing.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Eyes look so nice. Nice perch. Good composition. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice.the catch adds to the image.one gets to see many Beeaters with dragonfly catch than with bees.

TFS
Roopak

[Atul Sinai]

Thanks for the comments.

Rupak, rightly said.

Although the bee eater catches bees/small insects more frequently as compared to dragonflies; a dragonfly catch can be spotted easily and is much easier to photograph bees/small insects.

Have got some images of bee eater with small insects. Will share then soon.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Nicely done. Agree that the light is harsh but you have managed to control the exposure well here... the black band is not always easy to expose correctly. Love the sharpness of the image too.
The vast majority of birdwatchers nowadays try to cover maximum ground in very little time, trying to record as many species as possible. However, patient observation of one or a few species, at a fixed location, is much more rewarding in terms of the knowledge one gathers about their behaviour.