Hovering Pied Kingfisher

[Stu Bowie]

This was a quick shot, as I knew he wasnt going to pose for me all day. Taken near Pretoria, South Africa.

Canon 20D
100-400mm L IS USM @ 400mm
1/4000
F/6.3
ISO 400

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great pose, eye contact and the pink cloud adds to it. I would love to see this a bit bigger, you can post images up to 800 pixels on the longest side.

[Doug Brown]

Very nice! I too would like to see it larger. Thanks for posting!

[Arthur Morris]

As above. In addition the the comments above, I would add that I like the placement of the bird against the blue sky and the look back head turn.