Kingfisher with catch

[eddyswan]

Took this image at local park in Oct last year.

7D, 400mm, ISO 800, f5.6, 1/2000s, HH, about 50% crop.

There are some leaves from the plants on the water that I feel quite distracting on the original frame.
I got 6 shots from the sequence, the fourth got the best BG so i blended to this image.
Thanks for looking, C & C appreciated.

[Karl Egressy]

Great flight shot, Eddy. The fish is a definite plus.

[Loi Nguyen]

must be hard to catch these guys and the fish was definitely a plus. The bird seems a bit soft to me, I would try to sharpen it a little more around the head and tone down the highlight above the eye. Can't comment on colors as I don't know this species. TFS. Loi

[arash_hazeghi]

nice to get one in flight and with a fish! good BG too. He does look a bit soft.

TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Eddy, not easy to get these fast flyers in flight, and you got one with a fish too. Im not familiar with species of kingfisher.

[eddyswan]

Thanks all for the input. Forgot to mention this is Stork-billed Kingfisher, they are distributed in Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.