Belted Kingfisher Family

[Raymond Barlow]

Grimsby, Ontario, Canada
Tripod,hide, natural light, 70% of full frame
D300, 200-400 VR ,1.7 TC
1/200s f/8.0 at 650.0mm iso250

Yes, I hate the bg too., but thats the way it was., It sure was fun to have an action packed 3 minites with these cool birds.

[Doug Brown]

Wow! I've never seen a photo of 3 kingfishers together before. It kind of reminds me of the chaos of family life. If you wanted, you could blur the BG a little. I would remove the bright branch to the right of the middle bird. Thanks for posting!

[Anita Rakestraw]

Wow, were you lucky or what - to find these three!!? The bg doesn't bother me as the birds stand out from it quite well. Doug's suggestion to remove that one brighter branch would improve it, though. You might run a burn brush over just the necks of the two birds - looks like those areas are blown probably though. Nice photo - thanks for sharing!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Thisis wonderful Raymond. I bet you'll never forget this privileged time. :)

[Beth Goffe]

I leave it to the others for the technical comments but I, too, am impressed that you were lucky enough to get THREE kingfishers in one frame. It's tough enough to get one! I wonder if the fish the middle one has came from someone's backyard pond. It looks like a goldfish, although I'm not an expert on fish. :)

[Jim Fenton]

Yes...neat to see three KF's all at once but I would have cropped and used just the two on the left...that's where the story lies IMHO.

[Aristotle Georgiou]

Excellent shot. Like the behavior and DOF spot on.
Well Done.

[Arthur Morris]

Good self-critique. Clouds would have helped the BKGR. Obviously cool action.

[Ken Watkins]

I love it, that's what was there you captured it and it looks great.A privilege to see!