Pied Kingfisher on Pampas

[Loukie Viljoen]

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date/Time: 2009:10:16 08:21:05
Shutter speed: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: 8
Exposure mode: Tv
Exposure compensation: +1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Evaluative
ISO: 1000
Lens: EF500mm f/4L IS USM +2.0x
Focal length: 1000mm

[Michael Zajac]

Nice pose and the perch is unusual. Very sharp and clean BG.

[Robert Hawkins]

Very nice & sharp image; I have taken it in Kenya.

[Caspar Davis]

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I like the pose, the sharpness and the contrast with both perch and background. I love kingfishers but have yet to get a satisfactory picture of one. This is much more than satisfactory.

[Randy Stout]

Loukie:

Nicely captured kingfisher, pleasing angle, well exposed and sharp.

There are some defects in the background. A fairly large swatch of color beneath the bill, and a small 0 shaped defect just above his back, about 1/2 way down, just above an OOF blade of grass.

Cheers

Randy