Canon 1D4
700mm
Handheld
ISO 800
1/2500 sec
f/5.6
Taken a month or so ago at the foot of our local lake. I was prowling around on the shoreline and found a kingfisher who kept returning to a particular perch just a few yards offshore, a dead snag. (This is a female, as it has the rufous band on the belly). I sat on the beach among some weeds and tried to be unobtrusive, and managed to capture her returning to the perch with fish. The light angle was a bit tough--and the light was pretty harsh-- but this was the closest I've been to one so I thought it was worth working on. I tried to tame the whites quite a bit. Would love to know what else I can do to improve this.
I have other frames where the head angle is perhaps more ideal but I liked the full view of the fish here.
Thanks for looking. All comments and critiques greatly appreciated.







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