Indigo Banded Kingfisher

[Rey Sta Ana]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/2554754775_f4beaccb76_b.jpg

This is the Male Indigo Banded Kingfisher, a rare endemic to our country the Philippines. It took me the better part of two days to capture this very tiny but beautiful bird.

Canon 40D +EF400 5.6, 1.4XTC, f6.3, 1/13, MLU, SHutter Release, Gimbal Support

[Glenn Bartley]

What a cool bird. The bird looks great. I just wish for a nicer BG / setting.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Welcome to BPN! Great first post and well worth the effort and patience. I like the details, eye contact and head angle and would suggest some noise reduction on the BG. Please take a minute to read the posting guidelines. The maximum size is 800 pixels on the longest side. Thanks for sharing and keep them coming!

[Fabs Forns]

What happened to the bird???

It's not showing for me.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

What happened to the bird???

It's not showing for me.

I had to reload the page to see it.

[Robert Amoruso]

Welcome and nice first post.

Great detail in the bird and is he beautiful. You did well capturing him.

I would suggest a different crop to minimize some of the BG distractions. I also cloned out the white spots on the rock.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Really like Robert's repost. Awesome image with superb color and detail. Great pose and wonderful eye contact. Thanks for sharing.

[Rey Sta Ana]

Thanks a lot for the comments. Sorry for the oversized image.

Thank you Robert for taking the time to reprocess the image, your version is so much better than the original.