Common Kingfisher

[Danny Laredo]

From all the 10-15 shots I got of the Kingfisher hovering..this is the best one.

MKIII 500F4+ TC x1.4 F8 1/1000 ISO640



http://www.pbase.com/danny_laredo/image/117952151.jpg


All c&c welcomed...

[Harshad Barve]

Terrific capture with great expo , colors , BG and compo
Awesome image
TFS

[Bill Dix]

Great image. I particularly like the position of the beak and the feet. The colors of the BG nicely compliment the bird.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the wing position, open beak and the BG and only wish the bird were more angled toward you.

[Stu Bowie]

Its always good to capture them hovering, and close enough too. Everytime I get the chance, they are always so high in the sky. Well exposed colours, with a lovely complimentary BG. I would maybe try and lighten the eye a tad.

[Morkel Erasmus]

the colours are superb and the wing blur adds a lot - I agree with Axel, in an ideal world the bird would have been facing you a tad more :)

[Kiran Poonacha]

Sure the wing blur make this, great focus, light, BG and colours, loved it.. congrats..

[Mital Patel]

hard to deal with and you did really well. perfect position angle and wing direction.. superb light and details captured Congrats.

[David Fletcher]

Really neat capture Danny. Hard to imagine, but 5 years ago this would have been an "Emmy" award winner. Pretty cool even now. Congratulations.

[Marc Mol]

Another fine capture Danny, great light, details and wing speed.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Head angle has been mentioned. Love the open beak and killer light. Great looking bird.

[James Salywoda]

Awesome shot Danny excellent detail and colors.... such a beautiful bird.