judithstopforth

lilack breasted roller

Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 800 Shutter 1/200

upload_date

Jan, 2013

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670

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+69

Awards

Summer 2020

Top Choice

+10

Superb Composition

+10

Absolute Masterpiece

Exceptional Contrast

Outstanding Creativity

Jaw Dropping

All Star

Magnificent Capture

Peer Award

Top Ranks

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

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Beautiful colors! Gorgeous capture!

Beautiful bird !

Great photo!!

What a great capture of an adorable birdie! Ive never seen one of these, its beautiful!

Absolutely STUNNING! This is my favourite picture of yours by far!

Beautiful!

Very nice capture!

good shot

Great shot

Gorgeous shot!

beautifully colored little bird. great shot!

awesome!!

Gorgeous capture absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharring it with Beauty all around us :)

very nice capture !

Beautiful capture! A bird with such lovely colors!

Awesome image !

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken in 2011, in the Kruger National Park. Our family loves travelling and I have had the pleasure to see some amazing animals and scenery.

Time

I found this Lilack-breasted Roller sitting on a dead branch in the early evening sun as if it was a statue, the roller only tilted its head every few seconds (witch was the only indication that this was not a battery operated toy...) . This incident was very lucky for me as I could take about a hundred photos, before it finally had enough of this photo shoot and flew away.

Lighting

It was about 4 o'clock in the evening, which is a great time to take photos. The bird sat really close to the road and his eye was perfectly lit up. Honestly the time of the day and light of the moment was just perfect, because I didn't plan the shot - the bird sort of planned it for me.

Equipment

This photo was taken five years ago. Back then I still only had my Canon EOS 350D, and I used an 200mm sigma lens.

Inspiration

It was a beautiful moment. The Lilac-breasted roller sat their as if it was glued to the stick and when you see a pretty bird like that you take as many pictures as you can.

Editing

Yes I cropped this photo a little and also adjusted the contrast slightly in order to better bring out the colours.

In my camera bag

In my bag I have my Canon EOS 650D camera; a 60mm macro lens, a 18-200mm lens and a 70-300mm lens.

Feedback

When you want to capture something, you have to ask yourself: What is right about this picture/ what is beautiful, and what part of what I am seeing do I want other people to see. Then just take as many photos as possible of the subject and experiment with different angles and settings until you get That shot.

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