Green Bee-eater

[Arpan Saha]

English Name - Green Bee-eater
Bengali Name - Banshpati
Scientific Name - Merops orientalis
Size - 16-18 cm
[Nikon D7000 + Sigma 150-500]
Location - Bhittarkanika, Orissa
Shot Taken on - Sep, 13

1/640 sec; f/8; ISO 800

slightly cropped, basic photoshop

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

Wow, what a beautiful moment captured . . . The timing of the wingspread is awesome. Did you try to reduce noise ? for the details seemed washed out . . . could you post an unedited image of the same ?

Lovely eye contact

Thanks for sharing

regards
Rajan

[Roopak Gangadharan]

nice freeze, well timed shot. agree with above comments

TFS
Roopak

[Arpan Saha]

thanks for the reviews... i think the low details r due to sigma lens... used noise reduction...

posting original image as requested...