Female kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

[Juan Aragonés]

Another image from my weekend with this beautiful girl... hope my wife is not reading this:p
Sweet light and the friendly company of Pepe Reigada in a very hot day, in a pond near home. BTW, the pinkish area under the tail is a OOF flower of Neriun oleander

Nikon D2X AFS Nikkor 300VR Manual exposure 1/800s f5,6 ISO250, blind, tripod and wimberly head

[Doug Brown]

Beautiful bird Juan! Like everything about it. Might crop a little off the bottom, but nothing else.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I would eliminate the circle in LRC, and maybe also the reddish one beneath the tail. Very cool otherwise. The colours look great. I can never get over how tiny their feet are!

[John Chardine]

I don't think a kingfisher portrait gets much better than this Juan! I agree with Doug- a shave off the bottom might be optimal. I'm really taken with the detail in the feathers on the rump and upper back.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Juan,
That sure is one beautiful bird! I think the crop is nice as presented but agree with at least smoothing out the LR circle.......stunning details throughout.......... very well done!

[Ken Watkins]

This is almost too good to be true, I agree entirely with the comments of John above. The circles in the background do not bother me.

[Simon Bennett]

Excellent image Juan - I like the pose, plumage detail and the colour rendering looks true.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

From the best kingfisher`s portraits that i have ever seen,congrats Juan!!!

[Jasper Doest]

Hi Juan,

I love these birds...but this is just a bit too tight for my taste...perhaps I've seen too many kingfisher photographs lately to make this one stand out from the crowd....either the perch needs to be more interesting, or the pose or composition.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Cool image Juan. Love the calmness of this image.
Nice details all around.

Szimi

[Arthur Morris]

Lovely bird, lovely light, and so, so sharp. Wonderful d-o-f and BKGR, except for the whitish circle in the lrc. A bit more room would be nice, as would a bit more of a head turn, right to square to the film plane.

[Paul Pagano]

Such a nice shot, Juan. Colors, bg, perch, and sharpness near perfect. Do wish for just a bit looser crop all around on this one--a very tiny nit. Beautiful.