Kingfisher stunning his lunch

[Mike Poole]

Taken from a hide similar to Andreas's recent shots. Once the Kingfisher takes a fish they bash it a few times on a branch to kill it - avoids them coming a cropper with the stickleback fish and their spines

Sony A1
200-600
1/1250th f6.3
ISO 800

Mike

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hahaha ... Mike , nice to see you posting again !!!
Looks like you had the same idea as I had .
Love this one with the flying water droplets ,good for you that the lady did not move her head ... with that shutter speed .
Very nice image overall ... lovely colors and good tones . Oh so fine details and sharpness rendered ... love that
And a better BG than I had ....

Cool shot

TFS Andreas

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like this a lot. I love the curled fish, and flying water drops. Good perch and BG. Sharp, and nice colours throughout. I would suggest removing the small oof twig on the perch, just for a cleaner finish - I'm sure content aware, patch, or delete and fill would all work to some degree.

[Kurt Bowman]

The catch and flying water shows good movement in this and love the colors and detail! The OOF twig doesn't bother me much and to me it looks like a headache of a clone even with content aware, but maybe worth a try. Still a really nice frame I wish I had in my collection. Great job!

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Mike, nice image. I like the bird, your kingfishers are more colorful than the one here. Techs look spot on, the fish adds interest, nice perch and pure background. Thank you for sharing.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Nice one Mike you nailed it, colours pose detail action background .... couldn't ask for more.