Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher.

[Satish Ranadive]

Image was created in the July,2015. This is 13cms long bird with long beak. I hope it comes in this month's theme.

Basic editing, curves and levels to whole image. Cropped and sharpened. NR applied to BG. One OOF leg of prey is removed.

ISO: 800, 1/200 @5.6. Spot metering. Aperture priority. Exposure Bias,-1.3.
Tripod. 550d, 100-400 mm.Picture style: neutral.

Thanks for viewing, critiques and comments,
Kind Regards,
Satish.

[Ian McLachlan]

That is just about perfect i reckon.
IAN

[adrian dancy]

A truly exotic bird and nicely captured. Good perch, BG, colour and detail. I don't know if a bit of noise has crept into the eye or if there is a natural mottled effect? Aside, a lovely image

[Geoff Newhouse]

Very nice, everything is just about perfect here. Great colours, perch, background, prey inclusion and man what a striking bird. I would have liked a bit more head turn towards us for absolute perfection but that is being uber critical. Great image.

TFS
Geoff

[Satish Ranadive]

Ian, Adrian and Geoff,
Thank you all for your feed back and appreciations.

Regards,
Satish.

[stuart wanuck]

lovely capture great colors

[John Robinson]

Thats one exotic bird Satish.!
The drab colour of the prey sets it off a treat.
John

[Karen Pleasant]

What a thoroughly stunning image! No need to say more!

[Randy Stout]

Satish:

Great colors, which play well against the greens in the bg. Prey item a plus. Effective dof, like the curve of the perch.

A real beauty. Yes, a bit more head turn our way would have been ideal, but lovely as is.

Cheers

Randy

[Bill Dix]

Definitely counts as a long bill in my book, relative to the size of the tiny bird. A real beauty, with stunning neon colors, and prey to top it off. Nicely done, Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, what striking colours this species has, and this angle just shows them off so well. Great that we can see his meal, and a slightly better HA wouldnt have harmed the image. Well placed in the frame too.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely image, Satish. Striking colors, beautiful bird, nicely shown. Thank you for sharing.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you all for your feed back, appreciations and kind comments.

Regards,
Satish.

[David Salem]

Wow Satish this is great! The colors and the details look awesome and the perch and BG make this one special. The prey item puts this one over the top. I do agree that a little better HA would have been great but killer none the less.

[gail bisson]

Love the colors and the prey.
No nits from me! ( and that doesn't happen very often!)
Gail

[Satish Ranadive]

David and Gail,
Thanks a lot.

Regards,
Satish.