Belted Kingfisher In flight

[Juan Tolentino]

I captured this image at my local lake in Miami Lakes, Florida, with the handheld Nikon D500 (crop sensor) and AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm 1-5.6E ED VR.


ISO 250
f5.6
1/2500
500mm
Manual Mode
Processed in LR and PS.
Crop > 50% for presentation

All C & C's will be greatly appreciated.


Thanks for looking

JT

[Bill Dix]

Good work catching this speedster in flight. They're not easy to capture.

[Roger Smith]

Indeed these are tough to capture, near me in San Diego they are aloof and quick. Nicely done. Perhaps a bit of sharpening around the eye?

[William Dickson]

Well captured. Nice colours on the bird. Did you have to wait long.

Will

[Daniel Cadieux]

These guys are not easy, and to have it angling towards you is a bonus too.

[Juan Tolentino]

Well captured. Nice colours on the bird. Did you have to wait long.

Will

Hey Will, not really a long wait. There's a walkway around the lake and every time someone was getting close to the tree where he was standing he flew to the next tree or all the way across the lake. You guys are right in the difficulty on getting these erratic bullets. Sometimes I succeed, most of the time I fail, but still a lot of fun.

Thank you for the comments guys.