Bee-Eater....the other kind

[Martin Alvendia]

Went out for a Birding Sortie with Plain Tina and CF Master JP at Laguna. It was such a wonderful sortie for numerous reasons.... I was among friends, finally saw the very elusive Chinese Francolin TWICE, shared a lot of laughs with Tina (thanks for having me in your car) and so on and so forth....

After we caught our breath going crazy when we saw the Francolin, Tina brought me to Montecito to check out the Bee-Eaters.

Blue-Tailed Bee-Eater

Nikon D80+Nikkor 80-400mm VR Zoom @ 400mm, f/5.6 1/250sec, ISO 200, Manual Exposure, Handheld:



Sharp as a dart....

Nikon D80+Nikkor 80-400mm VR Zoom @ 400mm, f/5.6 1/200sec, ISO 200, Manual Exposure, Handheld:

[Lydia Robledo]

Really sharp... and beautiful. Well done Martin. Now I know why you were never satisfied
with your Kingfisher capture in Bataan Nuke. Excellence... Congrats! telyd

[Neon Rosell II]

Nice one Martin!! Wonderful details, love the BG as well!! Can't wait for the other shots!!

[mantarey]

Great captures Martin. Such lovely birds, I can understand why you keep on looking for this target.

[JP Cariño]

nice marts glad you guys enjoyed

[tina mallari]

WOWWWWWW Martin, those are superrrrrrr excellent shots !!!!! Amazing details

[Mark Itol]

That's a real sharp photo!

[Romy Ocon]

Brilliant rendition, Martin!

[Armando Somintac]

OMG! this must be the sharpest pic i have seen of this bird....
is this full frame?

[Farmer Nestor]

Tinde! Magnifico! Fantastico!

[Martin Alvendia]

Thanks everyone for the comments!

Señor Nestor! Haven't seen you in awhile! We ought to go on a sortie one of these days.

Mando.....no, this wasn't full-frame. I was just lucky to have good light and a nice green background on this beauty.

.....the other secret is to have bird magnet Plain Tina at your side so the birds will really pose for you!

[Manny Illana]

bravo! well done marts!