11000th Post - Female Giant Kingfisher.

[Stu Bowie]

I cant believe that Ive racked up another 1000 posts. I obviously spend too much time on the site. Well, to share it with you, here is one of my favourite species that I love to photograph. This is a female giant kingfisher, very recognizable, as she has the bronze on the lower part of the body, and the male has the bronze on the upper part. Taken in the Pilanesberg nature reserve a while back. The BG is a distant OOF mountain.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/2000
F/5.6
ISO 640

Exp Comp +0.67
Hand Held

[Herb Houghton]

Beautiful image Stuart. I do love the perch it's on too. Nice colors on this female. I like the interest from the bird, nice eye contact. Congrats on the milestone.

[Jonathan Ashton]

And a superb image it is too! Lovely shot I like the composition and the complimentary colours.

[denise ippolito]

Stuart, Congratulations on the 11K. Your contributions to this site have been fantastic. Beautiful image to celebrate with. Nice pose and sharpness. Thanks for the ID info too.:S3:

[Arthur Morris]

Mazel tov on 11K :S3: Great bird and loverly distant BKGR. Burning the face and head might not hurt.... Thanks a stack for your Mod-help of late!

[Mital Patel]

My heartiest congratulations Stuart. its not easy to reach this level and i bow to you on your dedication towards sharing the knowledge. Its been wonderful having every word from you as a learner myself.

keep doing keep enjoying the wild.

God Bless.

[Randy Stout]

Stuart:

Congrats on 11K. Thats a lot of time and effort to help BPN.

Very nice KF, excellent BG, colors, pose.

Cheers

Randy

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Gorgeous bird, amazing bg and perch - what a terrific image to celebrate the milestone, Stu.
Many thanks for your contributions and for sharing your amazing work!

[gail bisson]

Congrats Stuart! Lovely bird. Thanks for all your help and critiques,
Gail

[Ron Sprunger]

An outstanding image as always, with a very personal feel. It's gotten to where I look at your images first, both to see the exotic birds and to admire the skill with which you capture them. Hoping to see many more.

[Melissa Groo]

Congrats on this milestone! And thank you for all you do on this site, for your expertise on others' images, as well as displayed in your own. :cheers:

[Dumay de Boulle]

A huge congrats on that mile-stone Stu...Thanks for all your input into this awesome forum and thanks for all your help with my and many others photography. Always enjoy looking at you images mate:cheers::5 Sweet image by the way

[Chad Caswell]

Wow, great milestone Stuie... and you did it in great fashion.. what a shot I like it all, nice job great techs!

[Grace Scalzo]

Now this is the way to celebrate. Impressive image, impressive milestone. Congrats, Stuart, and many thanks for all that you have taught me.

[Pieter de Waal]

Congratulations Stuart, that is some milestone - 11,000 posts. Thanks also for your help since joining BPN.

Beautiful bird with great BG and nice and sharp.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Congratulations Stuart on the milestone as well as getting such a great close up of a kingfisher. Thanks for your part in making this site work.:cheers:

[Daniel Cadieux]

Congrats on 11000!! Your work and help here is very much appreciated. Keep it up!

Oh, and wonderful image to mark the occasion!!:S3:

[Troy Lim]

Very sweet shot. Congrats on the milestone.

[dankearl]

Stuart, you are one of my inspirations here, just one great photo after another.
Looking forward to the next 1000 posts.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all so much for the kind words. Much appreciated.

[arash_hazeghi]

congrats on the milestone and beautiful shot, maybe sharpen the head a bit more

[RAM MALLYA]

Congrats Stuart on you milestone of 11000 posts . Amazing bird with a lovely BG

[Tony Whitehead]

Congrats, Stu. Amazing effort to reach 11k. Super GK female to celebrate.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Stuart, congrats on 11k....cheers. your help and dedication are very appreciated. terrific shot...loved the details and the bird angle.

[Craig Kerr]

A huge congrats Stuart a landmark indeed... Must agree, the Giant Kingfisher is a beautiful specimen :S3:

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all so very much.

[Harshad Barve]

Congrats on the milestone.What a helping hand you are been to so many people like me and I was fortunate to have Bhai in you. I hope you will post more fore legged animals :t3

Excellent capture as usual
TFS