Love is in the air...

[Jeroen Stel]

Have been very busy prepairing my Kingfisher sites for this season's Kingfisher workshops. And as you can see today love was in the air...:w3:bg3:

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark IV
Shutter speed: 1/80 sec
Aperture: F 5.6
Exposure mode: Manual
Exposure compensation: - 2
Flash:No
Flash exposure compensation:
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Servo
ISO: 1000
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod from hide
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS5

[dankearl]

Beautiful birds, I find the oof perch a bit distracting, but still, very nice image.

[arash_hazeghi]

super action and lovely pose plus details. bummer about the OOF part of the perch but the rest is gorgeous

[Jeroen Stel]

Thanks for your comments so far..I will ask them to take a few steps forward next time...:w3

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

[PhilCook]

Well I certainly wish I lived near to you and your Kingfisher workshop sites, this is fabulous , oof branch or not, I'd be over the moon with just one bird in a clear shot let alone a behavioral shot such as this, eye candy indeed !

[Daniel Cadieux]

Awesomes poses with these two, I especially love the full wing-up and bill full of feathers :-) Yes, bummer about that OOF branch...but I''d love this in my files!!

[Ofer Levy]

WOW!!! This is a fantastic behaviour shot! Best that I have seen of this species mating! Well done my freind!

[Satish Ranadive]

Fabulous image. Great action captured.Loved the pose ,colors and details.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Jeroen that is a real gem of a shot, absolutely superb, great action and super colours and details.

[J van Noordwyk]

A verry good action image I just love the up wing pose.