Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher with food for baby #4.

[Satish Ranadive]

Image was created in the July,2015. This is 13cms long bird.

Basic editing. Cropped for composition. NR applied to BG.

ISO: 1000, 1/125 @8.0. Evaluative metering. Manual settings.
Tripod. 7d, 100-400 mm.Picture style: neutral.

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

[Karl Egressy]

Fantastic colors and the food item in the beak is a great bonus, Satish.

[William Dickson]

Beautiful frame once more Satish. Beautiful colours throughout, I really love the expression on the face.

Will

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, another super angled pose, and showing off his meal too. A very colourful image from subject to BG. If there was a theme on colours - you would win it.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Really, really sweet capture, Satish. You have a big winner here.

[Karen Pleasant]

Another stunning image, Satish! Every aspect of the image is perfectly done! What a pleasure to see images like this! TFS!

[nick clayton]

I love the great colours of the bird and background, brilliant that is has the dragonfly in it's beak. It's a cracking image Satish. If I wanted to be picky is there a hint of noise in the darker areas of the bird?

[Alan Murphy]

A beautiful bird, prey and BG.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you all for your feed back and kind comments.

Regards,
Satish.

[Satish Ranadive]

[ If I wanted to be picky is there a hint of noise in the darker areas of the bird?[/QUOTE]
Nick, yes there is a noise in some parts of bird. It was quite cloudy and difficult to set exposure, not a good excuse...
Thanks for the kind comments.

Regards,
Satish.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

If the crop is large from the original that would also make a noisy looking image.
Don't know what the reason is for the noise appearing, exposure or the size of the crop.

Looks nice and colourful with the dragonfly a huge bonus Satish. You certainly had some
great encounters with this stunning little hunter.

TFS!

[Satish Ranadive]

Thanks for the feed back Akos,
it is not big crop. I have checked the RAW file. It has got some noise. I should have increased the ISO.

Regards,
Satish.

[adrian dancy]

This bird has spoiled you with shear luxury, great species and colours...nice work Satish.

[christopher galeski]

Beautiful image ,loverly colors,nice BG,food item a bonus.TFS.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Satish - the thumbnail just jumps out. Beautiful colors and the food adds to the image. I like how the bg colors complement the yellows of the bird as well.

TFS,
Rachel

[Satish Ranadive]

Adrian, Christopher and Rachel,
I am very happy that you all liked the image.
Thanks a lot for your kind comments.

Regards,
Satish.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Your ODKF images have been a treat to watch Satish! Thanks for sharing them. Nicely composed, great pose and colours. The prey item is a big plus! Well done.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thanks a lot Sanjeev for your kind comments.

Regards,
Satish.