Belted Kingfisher

[Vanessa caccamise]

Took hours using my car as a blind to get this image!
Canon 1DIV
600mm 2x
iso 640
f/8
1/2500

[Joseph Przybyla]

Certainly worth the hours. Beautiful kingfisher, nice background and perch. Thank you for sharing.

[Alison McCoy]

Wow! Incredible shot. Congratulations.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Wow! Amazing shot. Perky pose, fish, light, exposure, bg. All top notch. Evicting the specular highlights on the beak might be an option if aren't opposed to cloning.

[Doug Lambert]

Great shot of a hard to photograph bird. I had one fly over my head last weekend, but he was too fast for me to get him.

Doug

[Steve Canuel]

Nice alert pose by the KF. I also like the perch and BG.

[arash_hazeghi]

This is excellent, love the pose, perch details and the fish! well done

[christopher galeski]

very nice,like everything about it,great pose,good BG and perch,well done.

[keith mitchell]

Great jaunty pose, cracking looking bird on a superb b/g excellent.

Keith.

[Karl Egressy]

Great shot , Vanessa. Love everything about it.

[Satish Ranadive]

Vanessa,
Excellent image. Very nice pose with cocked tail. I like the tiny feet, crest, water droplets, colors and beautiful BG.
If mine and wish it was, would crop silver line on the top to keep him bit up in the frame.

Regards,
Satish.

[Bill Dix]

A beauty. Congratulations on capturing such a tough bird. Good pose, perch, background. I especially like the raised tail.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very appealing image here with a nice alert perky pose. Proudly showing of its' catch. A small detail that I really appreciate here is the small beads of water on the chest and belly. I only wish it would have placed the near foot on the little knob next to it. Boy oh boy I wish this was mine!

[shane shacaluga]

All has been said above. A great image in all aspects

Love that pose and the water droplets and the fish in the bill is an added bonus

TFS

[Binu John]

One of the best Belted KF shot I've seen! Everything looks good. Excellent pose, perch, BG, exposure, details and colors. Wish this was mine!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Vanessa, lovely light in this, and I really like the proud pose of the KF showing off his catch. Nice clean perch, and smooth BG.

How do you know the difference of the sexes with these guys ? Is this a male or female?

[Tim Harding]

Unlike most birds , in KF the female is more colourful. This is a male. Fantastic capture, BTW.

[David Salem]

What a great looking frame Vanessa. Everything looks perfect from the pose with the fish to the perch and the BG. Very well done.

[Akshay Charegaonkar]

Everything about this image is perfectly done. Excellent work!