Oriental Dwarf King Fisher

[Harshad Barve]

Dear All
Another image of Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher
D300, 600mm, 1/00, F6.3, ISO 800
all C & C welcome & most appreciated

[arash_hazeghi]

Hi Harashd, this is yet another great shot. It is not easy to get such a sharp photo with a 600mm and 1/100sec! even with a super tripod! The exposure is spot on and there is no visible noise in the image despite ISO, great work.
Personally I like the HA of the other photo you had better, but in this one the crab is in focus and sharp, I wonder what happens if you replace the prey in the other shot with this one :D

[Lance Peters]

Stunning Bird - Gorgeous Colours and details - HA a little off maybe - but still very nice.
Thanks for Sharing :)

[Rohan Kamath]

as i said on the earlier image, such a rare jewel of the western ghats cannot be critiqued... you have probably got the best shots of this fellow in India...I'm just gonna kick back and enjoy them...
:D

[Stu Bowie]

Amazing detail and colours captured on the KF, and good to see his catch. Lovely light throughout the image too. HA mentioned, but there's more positives in this than the HA, so well done.

[denise ippolito]

Harshad, Beautiful colors and details, nice with the crab in mouth!! Congrats!!

[Bill Foxworthy]

A beauty Harshad, great colors and focus. The HA doesn't bother me because of the beauty. There is a dark spot behind the bird you might want to remove.

[Keith Bauer]

Another stunning image. All the worrying about HA is amazing to me. This image is very nice. Because of the position of the head being parallel to the perch, you have great sharpness on the beak and lunch. I'd be proud to have this in my files.

[Connie Mier]

Harshad, another great shot, the crab claw is a bonus.

[Mital Patel]

this is a fantastic work my friend. you jealous me alot :)
but huge congrats on this.

[Chris Kotze]

Another stunner, lovely colours and pose. Great image

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful bird, good sharpness, BG and the food item adds to it. I wish the head were parallel to the sensor and would desaturate the red and/or orange channel a few points.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Fantastic colors, sharpness and background. I prefer this one over the one you posted recently where the crab was not in focus. JR

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Other than the not ideal HA, this is again and awesome image Harshadbhai! :) TFS.

[Mike Veltri]

Great shot, nice and sharp and well exposed Harshad.

[Ajit Huilgol]

Another stunner from you, Harshad! Congrats! :)

[Charlie VanTassel]

This is awesome, Harshad. The crab and the vibrant colors of the bird..... I like it all.