Female kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

[Juan Aragonés]

I apologize for my lack of participation in the past weeks (lots of work in the office:( ). Not too much time for photography in the field right now so here is an image from the past summer. The high ISO setting is due to the fact that I was ready for some action when this beautiful girl perched very near to my blind and I decide to shoot on the fly. Hope you like and would love to hear your critics.

Nikon D2X AFS Nikkor 300VR ISO320 f4 1/1000s -0.3EV Manual exposure, almost FF tripod + WHII blind

[Marko Matesic]

I really like pose and soft BG...colors are great!
very nice

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great pose,details,eye contact,composition and bg!!!

[Rosl Roessner]

Great details and wonderful Composition and eye contact! Congrats!

[Maxis Gamez]

Hola Juan,

La verdad que esta bellisima! Los colores estan perfectos.

No nits for me!

Excellent work!

[Greg Basco]

Juan, estoy de acuerdo con Maxis -- que colores... y la nitidez! My only wish, given the direction of the bird's gaze, is for a bit more room on the right side of the frame. Well one more wish -- que fuera mia!

Cheers,
Greg Basco

[James Salywoda]

Stunning for sure Juan I really like the pose captured and the fine colors and details a beauty for sure.......

[Raymond Barlow]

excellent as is, too bad you couldn't get to f8... next time buddy!

[Juan Aragonés]

Thank you all for the nice comments and suggestions and thanks a lot to Maxis and Greg for writing in spanish. Much appreciated;)

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Qué belleza! yes Juan, details, sharpness and pose are excellent, great job.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Hola Juan, I think this one would've worked very well with an horizontal compo, still, very nice! Felicitacviones!

[Satie Sharma]

Excellent detail, color and pose, Juan. I wish for more dof to get the feet in focus. But I guess you were anticipating some action here and opted for shutter speed. That said, I like this shot very much.