Over my shoulder

[Jan Saunders]

An African Pigmy Kingfisher with a spider of some sort.

Aperture priority, f7.1;
1/5000 sec.
ISO 1600

[Alison McCoy]

What a beautiful image. Great bg and love the perch. Fear of spiders makes this difficult to look at for very long. :bugeyed:

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Incredible image! You should be super happy with it. Perfect look back, killer prey, clean perch, bg, details ...
I would have traded SS and/or ISO for more DOF, but no biggie. Fantastic image Jan.

[jack williamson]

Great looking bird for the bright light, I would try to bring the pupil out just a little. Big spider!

Jack

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yikes, now that is a prey item! I love the legs up on it, makes for an even more "creepy" feel to it. Great look-back pose. Fantastic colours. Artistically maybe a bit more room for the composition would be good, but I enjoy viewing the close up as presented for the web.

[Karl Egressy]

Great action shot, The huge Spider in the beak is priceless.

[Raybel Robles]

Love the color and the great pose by the bird with the spider. I agree on a little more room around. I would had also turned down the brightness on the perch just a bit.

[arash_hazeghi]

lovely bird and pose and that exotic prey takes it to the top. congrats on this capture

[Mervyn Marsh]

Wow love this photo, beautiful bird and the prey just adds to it.
only suggestion that I can think of is it looks a little tight and I think it needs a tad more room..
cheers

[gail bisson]

You have received some apt comments and critiques above.
The prey is priceless and agree to a bit more room bottom and RHS,
Gail