JPG Magazine: Photos: "Look Away" by M.S. White

Look Away

By M.S. White

On 9 April 2008

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This is a Racquet-Tailed Roller that I saw at the Jacksonville Zoo. Here is a link to the Zoo's info on the bird: http://www.jaxzoo.org/animals/biofacts/RacquetTailedRoller.asp

Apparently it is native to the regions of : S. Angola, S.E. Zaire and through Zimbabwe to N.E. South Africa. I was lucky enough to be able to see it in Florida. :)

I took several shots of this bird in action and was fortunate that it chose to pose for me at this moment. I do love the colors.

31 Responses

On 9 April 2008 Jeremy Keegan said:
I'm not sure, but it MIGHT be a young bee-eater. Hard to tell since I'm no expert. Beautiful though!
On 9 April 2008 Portia Söderberg gave props:
Michelle! This is fantastic! Love the deep, sharp and colorful hues!
On 9 April 2008 Jamie Wilson-Hull gave props:
lovely capture Mich! Love the dof and the vividness of the colors to this one! Very lovely!
On 10 April 2008 Andrew Lorimer gave props:
Amazing Capture !!!
On 10 April 2008 Melissa Prosser gave props:
Great photo. That's a wonderful bird and you captured it and the colors nicely in this composition.
On 10 April 2008 Iso gave props:
Wow ! Lovely shot !
On 10 April 2008 Jonathan G gave props:
This rocks!
On 10 April 2008 Deb Fort gave props:
Gorgeoumundous!
On 10 April 2008 Ernie Basciano gave props:
very nice!
On 10 April 2008 Kendra Adkins gave props:
I love the colours in this!!!
On 10 April 2008 Panos Lianos gave props:
Wow great shot! great hues and love the tail in the shadows
On 11 April 2008 peter richards gave props:
but of course . . .
On 11 April 2008 Caitlin Stewart said:
This is amazing. Please print this.
On 11 April 2008 Nimai Wong gave props:
What an amazing little bird, great shot!
On 12 April 2008 jose gonzalez said:
This is amazing the colors the sharpness is just Phenomenal... wow!!
On 13 April 2008 Jeb Boyd said:
Exquisite color & detail! LOVE the bokeh!
On 16 April 2008 Zach Hoffman gave props:
great colors!
On 16 April 2008 Paco Jurgen Von Szkora gave props:
great light and color.
On 20 April 2008 Karen B gave props:
Beautiful bird, lovely shot!
On 21 April 2008 Michelle Murray said:
What a cool bird! Nice shot. (:
On 26 April 2008 Jessica Kuligowski gave props:
Beautiful shot!
On 28 April 2008 Courtney Brown gave props:
What a beautiful shot! The clarity and color are absolutely stunning!
On 1 May 2008 Jeannie Nguyen gave props:
So pretty!
On 2 May 2008 Darlene Ward gave props:
Perfection ! The pose , exotic color , sharpness , and lack of depth of field couldn't be better
On 2 May 2008 Lucinda Holcroft gave props:
Excellent capture.
On 4 May 2008 Andrew JK Tan gave props:
Great capture, love the details.
On 14 May 2008 Ken McElroy gave props:
How can you not love a blue bird. Great capture.
On 18 May 2008 adniloj gave props:
Beautifully rich hues and the detail is amazing; what a wonderful capture
On 4 June 2008 Dennis Blauer added a link:
an enthusiastic yeah! (jpgmag.com)
On 16 July 2008 Eric Finster gave props:
Perfect capture, composition is perfect...as usual :)
On 21 July 2008 Jo Anne Shinn gave props:
Perfect colors and lighting. What a beautiful shot (and bird too)!