Brilliance of Color ......

[Ritesh Nangare]

This is One of the most detailed Image I have of my favorite bird ODKF. This Little fellow Just sat 10 to 15 feet near use. with all Camouflage dress we have to cover all of our equipment and us. He almost neglect us and try to fishing in front of use. he sat there almost 20 to 25 min. During that time my my CANON 1DX and my Canon 500 mm Did not take rest and i shoot all most 3600 image of this bird. My Two 32 GB card exhausted in this time and i have refill my card set with other set.

More exciting image coming from this series.....

Hope you all like it..........

Enjoy............

Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Female Bird)
Tamhini, Maharashtra, Pune.
August 2014.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Outstanding detail & colors Ritesh! Great close up. I would reduce the blue tinge on the beak and remove the bright area in lower left corner to make the BG more homogeneous. Amazing image and I can't wait to see more from this series. Well done ! TFS.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

BTW please share the image specs too.

[Ritesh Nangare]

BTW please share the image specs too.

here is the exif.....

Camera Model Canon EOS-1D X
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/100
Av(Aperture Value) 8.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed 800
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III
Focal Length 700.0mm

[Randy Stout]

Ritesh:

Remarkable colors, snap. Drops add a lot.
Nice and sharp, but I might have been tempted to push the ISO up to allow faster shutter speed.

Slightly looser crop an option, but a high impact image as is.

Cheers

Randy

[Grace Scalzo]

I would clean up the lower left edge, but otherwise, a delight to view with all those beautiful colors. Well done.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent close up of gorgeous lady. Wonderful colors with superb details. Love the water droplets and tight composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Ritesh, striking colours on this fellow, and love the droplets from his last fishing spree. Pops nicely against the clean BG. I agree with Randy, a looser crop would work better.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Ritesh, what a capture! Can't wait to see what else you have to share from this series.

I'd also be interested in seeing a loose crop, but like it as is. I'm not sure it would have helped, but maybe a smaller aperture would have given you a more in focus beak at the edge?