Rainbow Bee eater

[Scott Murray]

Well on my way home today I decided to pull into a carpark, as I pulled in it started raining (great). But I managed to get a few photos of these Rainbow Bee Eaters.

550mm, f/11, ISO 6400, 1/1000sec

 

[Whiskeyman]

Fantastic shots, Scott! The subject matter down there is also fantastic.

WM

 

[Krs_2007]

Great shots Scott

 

[Lawrence]

Great Scott … shots!
Australia hey - the land of colour.

 

[Ijustwant1]

what camera did you use Scott ?

 

[Scott Murray]

what camera did you use Scott ?

D800E handheld.

 

[Ijustwant1]

D800E handheld.

Very nice

 

[weebee]

Fantastic shots, Scott! The subject matter down there is also fantastic.

WM

How true! Would like to visit there some day. It's on my bucket list.

 

[dramtastic]

Nicely done.

 

[Scott Murray]

Nicely done.

It was done with the 80 - 400 and 1.4TC I found the sweet spot Aperture. Now for more light so I can reduce the ISO lol

 

[gqtuazon]

Pretty good series Scott especially with shooting condition you had.

 

[Scott Murray]

Pretty good series Scott especially with shooting condition you had.

Thanks Glenn.

 

[dramtastic]

: ). From what approx. distance where you from the subjects Scott?

 

[Scott Murray]

: ). From what approx. distance where you from the subjects Scott?

Probably around 10 metres I would say.

 

[Roy1961]

nice shots Scott, are they a Humming bird type?? nicly colored

 

[Rick M]

Excellent Scott!

 

[Ironwood]

Very nice Scott. Even looking at them on my crappy work monitor they look good, I will have another look tonight on the mac.
So it looks like you are getting pretty good results with the Kenko 1.4.
I tried mine with my 70-300VR and wasnt happy with the results I got, maybe I need to try again with some different settings.
I think my biggest trouble is lack of time to try different things.

 

[Mike D90]

Well on my way home today I decided to pull into a carpark, as I pulled in it started raining (great). But I managed to get a few photos of these Rainbow Bee Eaters.

550mm, f/11, ISO 6400, 1/1000sec

Gawd you all have some beautiful birds down under!

 

[Scott Murray]

nice shots Scott, are they a Humming bird type?? nicly colored

Rainbow Bee-eaters eat insects, mainly catching bees and wasps, as well as dragonflies, beetles, butterflies and moths. They catch flying insects on the wing and carry them back to a perch to beat them against it before swallowing them. Bees and wasps are rubbed against the perch to remove the stings and venom glands.