Lilac-breasted roller, Coracias caudatus, Etosha National Park, Namibia, December 17, 2002.
Lilac-breasted roller
Fierce Roller
Evolution, transitions, and volvocine algae
Lilac-breasted roller, Coracias caudatus, Etosha National Park, Namibia, December 17, 2002.
Wow! Gorgeous dinosaur, that.
Truly amazing birds! Love that velvety blue of the lower breast/belly, especially, which comes through so well in this image.
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P.S., Is this reproduced from a slide (and if so, what did you use?) or were you just a very early adopter of digital cameras? Don’t know what was around then, I didn’t get a DLSR until 2007, and that was kind of an “alpha” (though it’s quite a good camera, and we’re still using it now, 10 years later).
This was from a slide, probably Ektachrome 100 or 400. I remember that I took 20 rolls of 36 (for a month-long trip), and that it cost me a fortune to have them processed when I got back.
Beautiful.
I guess you could say that it has a fierce expression…