Here's a Giant Kingfisher photographed on a recent trip to Southern Africa. Waited for the Kingfisher to start hunting and hoped he would catch something but never expected a crab to appear in it's beak..
greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Canon Eos 1D Mark IV
Shutter speed: 1/500 sec
Aperture: F 13
Exposure mode: M
Exposure compensation: + 1/3
Flash:No
Flash exposure compensation:
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Servo (in AF-On modus)
ISO: 400
Lens: Canon 500mm F4 + 2x converter
Focal length:1300 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On beanbag from car window
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS6
This is truly an amazing sighting and capture, Jeroen. Love the raised crest and tail, low angle and the crab puts this one over the top. I would have been thrilled with the experience of witnessing this behavior but the picture is the icing on the cake.
Wonderful moment , and that too in fantastic focus and nicely exposed
About the moment i think you have nailed it all.
I may be inclined to clone the various highlights in the water behind just to add the full focus to the bird, it just distracts a bit. however its a matter of personal choice.
as presented this is a winner
That's one funky looking bird and quite a size crab meal as well....I'm just in awe that you witnessed this kind of thing. Detail and light is beautiful on bird and crab
Giant Kingfisher
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