Lilac Breasted Roller

[Anthony]

Tarangire NP, Tanzania.

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[Hugh_3170]

Wow Anthony!  What colours!  This is splendid.

[armando_m]

Anthony,
I really like this image, such a colorful birth, wonderful color contrast , and surrounded by the tree branches, leaves, fruits, one of the best bird images I've seen

[FredCrowBear]

Very nice, especially against that background.  Well executed.

[Akira]

What a beautiful bird!  The color is impressive and the image is stunning.

[PedroS]

Anthony, very nice portrait of a Rolieiro (how it's called around here).
Pity they are disappearing, maybe some migrations routes are changing, but the fact is they became rarer to be seen in Portugal.

[elsa hoffmann]

Excellent capture.
Tarangiri  - what an awesome place.

[Fanie]

Three things stand out in this picture over and above the fact that this species is photogenic

1. You managed to get the photo from a vantage point slightly higher than the bird, not always easy.

2. The perch complement the bird ito its environment, not the usual thick branch.

3. The way you processed the photo. The natural colors of the bird is well presented without over emphasizing (saturation).

I would love to have a pic of a roller like this in my archives.

[Anthony]

Thank you, all, for your kind comments.  Compliments from such accomplished photographers mean a lot to me.

[David Paterson]

Splendid in every way.

[Erik Lund]

Three things stand out in this picture over and above the fact that this species is photogenic

1. You managed to get the photo from a vantage point slightly higher than the bird, not always easy.

2. The perch complement the bird ito its environment, not the usual thick branch.

3. The way you processed the photo. The natural colors of the bird is well presented without over emphasizing (saturation).

I would love to have a pic of a roller like this in my archives.

Yes, yes and yes

[Anthony]

David, Erik, thank you very much.