Fancy a "Big Snack" honey...??

[Jeroen Stel]

Been working on my annual Kingfisher projects a lot lately.
After the first nesting attempt failed after the chicks had hatched and then died because of the cold weather they now seem to be ready for another round..

The saga continues...or at least so it seems..

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1DX
Shutter speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: F 5.6
Exposure mode: M
Exposure compensation: - 2
Flash:No
Flash exposure compensation:
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Servo (in AF-On modus)
ISO: 1600
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:600 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod and Fluid Head from hide
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS6

[Jonathan Ashton]

Absolutely beautiful, I really like the lighting, the poses and composition - everything ...right down to the perch - knockout!

[stuart wanuck]

terrific

[gail bisson]

This is awesome.
I love the interaction and the dramatic lighting and black BG. The perch is STUNNING!
the IQ is terrific on both birds.
My only suggestion would be to try and darken/blend/blur the lighter round circles below the left hand bird.
IOW I think!...and it is only Monday!!
Gail

[vishaljadhav]

A Wow image all the way,
lot of lovely things in the image the interaction, great IQ, superb perch and the perfect focus on both the birds
i love it a lot

[Alan Murphy]

Excellent setup. A native fish? or goldfish?

[Gabriela Plesea]

Outstanding photography, Jeroen! You mention saga...this is the best saga I have seen...and I certainly wish for more AWESOME image!

Kind regards

Gabriela

[Jeannean Ryman]

Wowzer! Beautiful photo with excellent interaction between the birds, nice background, perch, and did I mention such pretty kingfishers? Just great!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Jeron, send it to some contests. It can go places....lots of impact and technically perfect. so many things to like here. If mine, I'd have taken a tiny bit off the bottom.

[David Salem]

Very nice! The light was so nice that it looks like it was shot in a studio. Great setup shot.

[dankearl]

I would also darken the light spots in the BG.
Terrific photo of the birds.

[Diane Miller]

Amazing!! And perfect!

[PhilCook]

So very well done....enviable to say the least

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent interaction Jeroen.

[Doug Brown]

How I wish I could get such a beautiful KF image! I might try to darken the brighter spots a bit, while still keeping them visible.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Tremendous image! The colours pop nicely against the dark BG. I agree in reducing the brighter circles' impact, and I'd have preferred the subjects a bit lower in the frame...but this is a major WOW image!

[Jeroen Stel]

Thanks for your comments so far guys!
To Alan: The fish is a native fish as i have not been feeding these Kingfishers.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

[Satish Ranadive]

"Master piece" of lovely interaction. Every thing is just perfect in the beautifully composed image.

Regards,
Satish.