Kingfisher

[vishaljadhav]

This one is clicked some days back, interesting time with the equipment under the rainwear and me with a umbrella in one hand trying to make a image
, Bird is within the vicinity of its nest, normally uses around 3 to 4 stops before entering the nest and the pattern is really predictable and this can be made on any of those stop overs.

5D MIII + Canon 500 f4 L IS II

1/80, f6.3 , ISO 1250
exposed 1 stop down as i was blowing out the colours all the time
Noise reduction on BG



The bird is wet in rains and hence i find that the picture may look a bit over sharp to eye as the feathers are wet.
Welcome all critiques and comments helps me learn

cheers
vishal

[Paul Kusmin]

Wonderful image Vishal, i love kingfishers and have shot a number of species in Thailand, but have yet to see one of these beaut's.
BG is nicely done, i don't think the bird is too sharp at all, and the colours are bang-on.
Would wish to have seen a bit more of a head lift, and if i was to be super critical (like i am with my own sometimes) i'd wish that the fish wasn't touching the bird like it is.

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Wet feathers can sometimes be a pain when trying to reflect detail, but you've nailed this one Vishal! Beautiful colors, sharp as can be and the extra BG blur rounded it off perfectly. Two thumbs up!

[William Dickson]

Lovely image Vishal, very sharp and the colours are amazing

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of beautiful bird on beautiful BG. Exposure spot on, tack sharp, nice pose.
Personally I would prefer tight crop for this pose, since there is lot of negative space in front of king fisher. Though composition looks beautiful.

Regards,
Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Vishal, lovely colours that pop against the darker BG, and his catch a bonus. I would try a version moving the KF slightly more towards the center of the frame. I quite like the wet plumage.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Looks good Vishal. Colours are amazing and you got a very nice BG. I agree a better head turn would have been over-the-top, but OK as is. IS that a lizard or gecko?

[Shawn Zierman]

Love that catchlight! The bird's colors are outrageous. I think the sharpening looks very good...razor, but not overly sharpened. Nice muted dark bg colors to show this beauty against. A sweet frame sir.

[Binu John]

Beautiful shot! Very nice colors, details and BG! I wish you could get a better HA. TFS

[vishaljadhav]

Thanks friends
this is known as the oriental dwarf kingfisher or the black backed kingfisher, the time when I started learning about birds this was known as the three toed kingfisher
Daniel it's carrying a juvenile forest lizard

[David Salem]

Nice frame Vishal. I love the colors on these little KFrs and The pose and the BG look great. A bit better HA would have been great but you lake what you can get, or your given. Nice mottled BG too. Well done