all I got were the tail feathers....

[genielamb]

... still a crested barbet for you all



two african bee eaters...



how about an African Hawk Eagle



and last but not least...

[newPerspective]

Wow genielamb, love the tails on all the 4 bird shots. Looks like you got a thing for 'Tails'

[Tryfan67]

Awesome shots great deTail in all of them. Thanks for sharing

[Fred flyfisher]

All of the are beautiful shots. Nice work....

[jakethepig]

I thought that you may have finished the set off with a beautiful Black Crow.
On a serious note. These captures are excellent and the detail has to be a wow! they are so sharp and clear. Amazingly beautiful work Genielamb. It was a pleasure to look.

Jake

[rajeshbalan83]

All the 4 shots are excellent. details are crisp and clear. I wish i had such birds at my place. We have only crows like jake..just kidding.

[Vinam]

Having recently finally gotten good shots of raptors after many many attempts , I really appreciate the quality of these, great Focus, great exposure, just great shots.. The 3rd could pass for an Osprey's cousin !

thanks for showing them, you continue to help me get better by giving examples of what my captures should look like

Vin

[genielamb]

Originally Posted by newPerspective

Wow genielamb, love the tails on all the 4 bird shots. Looks like you got a thing for 'Tails'

Feathery tails, hairy tails or simply tall 'tales', I love them all! Thanks for the comment.

Originally Posted by Tryfan67

Awesome shots great deTail in all of them. Thanks for sharing

Thank you, love the play on words. Reminds of the joke about making a sentence with 'detail, defence and defeat'. The blond replied, ' de horse jumped over de fence, de feet first, de tail last'.

Originally Posted by Fred flyfisher

All of the are beautiful shots. Nice work....

Thank you Fred

Originally Posted by jakethepig

I thought that you may have finished the set off with a beautiful Black Crow.
On a serious note. These captures are excellent and the detail has to be a wow! they are so sharp and clear. Amazingly beautiful work Genielamb. It was a pleasure to look.

Jake

Thank you Jake, really glad you liked them. I am thinking I need to do a series on the crow just to keep up with all of you! You are all so amazing.

Originally Posted by rajeshbalan83

All the 4 shots are excellent. details are crisp and clear. I wish i had such birds at my place. We have only crows like jake..just kidding.

Thank you rajeshbalan, I am sure you have many different birds and would love to see some of them. Lately here, we have had a lot of 'brown headed cow birds', I am going to have to try get a few photographs for you.

Originally Posted by Vinam

Having recently finally gotten good shots of raptors after many many attempts , I really appreciate the quality of these, great Focus, great exposure, just great shots.. The 3rd could pass for an Osprey's cousin !

thanks for showing them, you continue to help me get better by giving examples of what my captures should look like

Vin

Vin you are now truly the master, yur osprey photos are just amazing. Your comment as always, means so much to me. You set a high standard my friend.

[fstopMike]

4 beautiful p[ictures! I'm glad I got to see them. The last one is positively stunning. I tried to catch some hawks flying over my house with my new lens. Much harder than I thought it would be and I have a newfound appreciation for birds of prey and your proficiency in capturing them!

[pjflan7]

Like them all...especially those bee eaters!