Giant Kingfisher

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Allways a special moment when he perches close to the hide. At this instance he was too close to get in the frame & I went for a portrait shot of him. All C & C welcome!

1D MK III
600mm f/4.0
ss 1/2500
ISO 640
f/7.1

[Harshad Barve]

Fantastic shot with great expo , HA , compo , sharpness , details , BG
I am loving every pixel of this image
TFS

[Marc Mol]

Totally agree with Harshad, ticks ALL the boxes, a joy to view.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent portrait of the Fisher, love the sharpness. Is this background original?

[Stu Bowie]

Im determined to capture this guy next time I come and visit you. Great close up, and good exposure all round. Fantastic BG as always Gerrie.

[Dave Barnes]

Super opportunity well used Gerrie. I like the detail captured. It looks as thought it was overcast, and this helped with detail and colour.

[Simon Bennett]

Wonderful portrait, sharp and well exposed LLovely background too. I recall being really impressed by the size of this species when I saw one in Kenya many years ago.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Truely beautiful gerrie, loved the light the details and a beautiful bird, congrats...

[David Fletcher]

Wow! Some close up Gerrie. You have surpassed yourself.

[Elmar Venter]

Super capture, well done. So sharp and great BG. Is that a reflection of a dead tree that I see in his eye??

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Thank you for viewing & commenting everyone. It is much appreciated.:)

Yes Arash, the BG is natural, and yes Elmar, it is a dead treestump reflected in the eye.

It is the biggest of the Kingfishers and a lovely bird to watch & photograph Simon.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Wow! what a nice species. Thanks for sharing. Love the sharpness and eye. Killer BG too, congrats.