White-throated Kingfisher

[Girish Prahalad]

The most common kingfisher species in India.
Made with a Canon 500D (borrowed) + Sigma 150-500. Handheld & taken from a hide.
Exif : F6.3 / ISO 200 / SS 1/500 @ 370mm. Shot vertical / Aperture Priority / Eval
About 15% crop / USM / NR on BG

Comments & critiques most welcome.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Never saw one of these. A beautiful image. TFS. Might take out the twig that cuts accross the tail.

[David Salem]

Beautiful bird captured very well. Great detail and color. Exposure looks good too. I would remove all the branches except the one he is on. Well done

[Karl Egressy]

Beuty bird, nice image. The two OOF little stems could go IMO.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Girish,

Wonderful image! I would also suggest at least removing the branch that crosses with the tail. Otherwise, I'm a big fan!

Miguel

[Richard Unsworth]

Really great shot - detail is oot!
goodbye 2 stems! Well done, excellent

[jack williamson]

The exposure and detail are perfect. The bg compliments the bird perfectly. Might try a different crop, this is wonderful.

Jack

[Loi Nguyen]

Beautiful bird, nice and sharp, good colors. The stem that crossed over the head is abit distracting, but I could see removing it would make the perch looks funny. I'm Ok with the other branches. Loi

[Frank Schauf]

Great background, very nice shot.

[Satish Ranadive]

Girish, Every thing has been said about this magnificent image. Here is the re post with little modification.
I hope you will like it.

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Regards,
Satish.

[Girish Prahalad]

Thanks all for your feedback.
Satish - Thanks very much for the re-post. Very good job with cloning