Woodland Kingfisher

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Captured this image in Botswana this past February. Two Woodland Kingfishers were greeting each other, and this is a common display. C&C welcome.

D500, Sigma 150-600mm C @ 600mm, 1/1600s, f 7.1, ISO 1600.

Geoffrey




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[John Mack]

Nice pose on this kingfisher. A smaller perch would have been nice but this will work.

[Glenn Pure]

Looks good Geoffrey. I didn't have the fortune to see one of these. The spread wings are great and nicely processed with great detail across the dark and light plumage. Great background to round it off. Having the bird on the left and looking left is a little unorthodox but the composition works for me, I think because of the diagonal created by the perch.

[Jonathan Ashton]

I like it very much the symmetry is very appealing.

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

You caught it in a nice pose here Geoffrey! Well done!

[Bill Dix]

Looks familiar. Great display pose, nice exposure. Nice job cleaning up the perch.

[annmpacheco]

Hi Geoffrey, This is a lovely frame, wing position, colors, detail, and BG, I like this one!