Giant Kingfisher (Male)

[Hendri Venter]

I captured this on a recent trip to Kruger National Park.

Canon 1D MKIV
Canon 600mm F4
ISO 640
F6.3
SS 1/2000
Camstedi door mount support

[MohsenVahedipour]

Hi Hendri
Very nice portrait with Great IQ & excellent lighting condition. TFS

[gail bisson]

A lovely shot. Great BG, nice exposure and tack sharp. No nits at all. Nice composition as well. Al in all a great shot,
Gail

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Hendri, excellent portrait...light angle, bird angle, BG, IQ...everything looks very good. Also liking the slightly open bill.

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent!!! Fantastic techs!!

[Jim Fenton]

Wonderful image...pose, BG, techs are all right there.

I might selectively sharpen the eye just a bit to add a bit more punch to it.

[Stu Bowie]

Excellent pose with a good attentive stare. This is tack sharp with good detail throughout, and just love the colours of the BG. Well captured mate.

[arash_hazeghi]

awesome pose and details, well done!

[Bill Dix]

Terrific portrait on all counts. No complaints here. Congrats!:cheers:

[Randy Stout]

Hendri:

Great character here, lovely techs, nice BG, rich colors, works very well.

My first thought was that it was just a bit too bright, but it rather adds to his impact.

Well done.

Cheers

Randy

[Doug Brown]

Beautiful image Hendri! Love the color (both bird and BG), the perfect head angle, the excellent sharpness, and the open bill. Congrats!

[Arthur Morris]

A difficult composition handled perfectly. Ditto all of the plusses above plus, the bill detail is amazing. Was the bird wet?

[Katie Rupp]

Very, very nice with that gorgeous background, incredible detail and alert pose. Doesn't get any better!

[Hendri Venter]

Thanks for all the nice comments folks.

Yes Arty the bird was wet. Caught a fish moments before this and handed it over to the female.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Super IQ and great BG...Lovely stuff Hendri!

[Hendri Venter]

Thank you Dumay.

[Sachin Saraf]

Fabulous!

Love the composition and details on this one.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Hendri! I like the sharpness, IQ, pose and BG