Breakfast for the Pied

[Stu Bowie]

Sometimes these Pied Kingfishers would sit quite content and just leave their catch in their beaks for quite a while. Then they would shake it about, before going down the hatch.

Canon 50D
100-400 L IS USM @FL 400mm
1/1250
F/8
ISO 400

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Stunning image with a great composition . Excellent exposure and detail with a superb BG. The fish puts it over the top for me. Thanks for sharing this wonderful image Stuart.

[Dominic Cantin]

A very nice catch for both of you ! A very detailed image , especialy to see the tongue :eek: Thanks for the view !

Dom :)

[Tony Whitehead]

Well done , Stuart. Love the detail , especially the tongue being visible.

[Fabs Forns]

Terrific, especially that cute tongue :)

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Stuart,
Lovely image. Would love to see a big sized print. Superb capture. Tongue is fabulous. Liked this a lot.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[bill kominsky]

I agree with all the above Stu this image is nothing short of wonderful, great job and thank you for sharing.

Bill

[Mike Lentz]

Agreed! You have a winner here!

[Mark Schmitt]

Can't find anything about this I don't like. Exceptional image. Well done.

[Nagesh Mula]

Beautiful picture.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great details, BG and the fish adds to it. I wish for a slight head turn toward you and wish the shadow were not crossing the perch and tail. Maybe a slightly higher color temperature?

[Linda Robbins]

Great pose and quite a catch. Good composition and exposure control. Very nice image.

[Glenn Bartley]

What a cool image!

[Bill Sharkey]

Great image Stuart, nice exposure and DOF.

Bill

[Raymond Barlow]

fantastic image., congrats., I am with all the positive comments here.

[Nathan Lovas]

Great capture and perch...any idea what sort of fish it was?

[James Salywoda]

Awesome Shot! The composition is sweet and the background and details are stunning....

[Stu Bowie]

To one and all, thank you all so much for the kind words. Your comments are very much appreciated.