Azure Kingfisher

[Jan Wegener]

one from the other day around Sydney, OZ :)

These birds are very small, but therefore own amazing colors :) The blue is simply stunning!

This was not a set up. 100% natural perch and BG.

1D mark IV
600 IS
580Ex II + BB
F8
ISO 800
1/400

[Dan Brown]

Unbelievable color Jan! Superb image, sharp, good HA, lighting, and BG is great! I do see a tiny little white thing hanging near the left end of the perch that could be removed and another one under the bird left foot but Man, awesome image!

[John Guastella]

As Dan already noted, wonderful image all around. I do think it can go a bit lighter - seems a bit dark on my monitor.

John

[Chris van Rooyen]

Lovely, looks a lot like our malachite kingfisher! Love the subtle fill flash!

[Ken Watkins]

Amazing colours, perfect image, nothing else needs saying:cheers:

[Arthur Morris]

100% totally stunning: bird, perch, colors, BKGR, COMP, and head turn.

[James Salywoda]

Stunning!!! Gorgeous colors and bird.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

killer details,bg,pose!!!

[Harshad Barve]

You do not get much better than this
TFS

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

What else to say but stunning!

[Martin Wallis]

what a BG especially as it's not a set up! perfect use of flash. makes our nz kingfishers look plain boring!

[Austin Thomas]

Wow. Lots of impact provided by the colours.

Cheers

Austin

[Art Kornienko]

Its all ben said Jan, love how sharp the eye is. Is that a speck of dust just to right of the beak and slightly up?