juvenille Rainbow Bee-eaters

[Mark L]

Would prefer these to be a bit sharper, but I'd rather have them as is than not at all.
They don't have as much colour as the adults, a bit dull in comparison. But they'll grow up.
In the last one, the bird spent some time showing the insect off to the other bird. Reckon that's part of impressing the other bird. Young romance. (that's my take on it anyway )

[Isac]

I think they're all fabulous Mark. #3 for me. Only 800th/sec for #2 so I'd really bump that up to over 2000th/sec, about f:11 and use shutter priority mode to get a lot more detail and let the ISO look after itself - set to auto. Have a go next time and see if there's any difference. I do a fair bit of BIF and with the 60D, adjust all your settings and save them into the "C" mode. But I'm sure you know that already

[Ironwood]

#3 is a cracker of a shot Mark, I really like their poses.

[loose cannon]

These are pretty sweet!

Very hard to capture these little speedsters in flight..well done.

[Mark L]

Thanks for the comments. But I'm not convinced. as i said at the start, rather have them than not, but ....

I'll do this for not only me and Isac, but for others that may look here. If you are not a member here, sign up and get involved.

Only 800th/sec for #2 so I'd really bump that up to over 2000th/sec, about f:11 and use shutter priority mode to get a lot more detail and let the ISO look after itself - set to auto. Have a go next time and see if there's any difference. I do a fair bit of BIF and with the 60D,

f/11 and auto ISO
So the first two are pretty heavy crops. Have found you really can't crop heavily over ISO800 with the 60D with consistent results. Especially if the photo is a bit underexposed like these were. Overexposing a fair way and reducing exposure in PP helps the noise problem a lot. "2000th/sec, about f:11" would send the ISO way up. Not doing that.
So I'll post the SOOC frame of #2. While adding canvas doesn't make the bird look as much cropped as it was, it was a large crop (hows my PPing going Glenda.)
And I'll post a recent photo of a Whistling Kite taken at ISO1600. Not the best but hopefully it shows I also have an idea about BIF.
Look forward to see more of your BIF photos Isac.

[Isac]

The whistling kite at 2500thSEC / f:8 / ISO-1600. Not a bad result Mark. I like it - nice and sharp, framing is good and the colours are pretty true. I saw a lot of these on the Murray River.