Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher

[Harshad Barve]

Dear All
I know that I have posted this color ball for quite many times but I thought one more should not bore you
D300 , 600mm, ISO 200:p, f5.6, 1/20 , tripod , 85 % of FF
All C & C are most welcome and much appreciated
Harshad

[Danny J Brown]

Hey HB - I remember this bird and I still think it might be the most beautiful bird in the world. I like its little feet, like our own belted kingfisher in Missouri. A very ornitho-angelic photo here, by the way. Made my evening, my friend.

[Ofer Levy]

Stunning shot!! Just wondering why you chose 200 iso when you obviousely needed all the light you could get. I assume shooting 1/20sec with the 600mm would have left you with much less keepers....

[denise ippolito]

Gorgeous Harshad! Beautiful pose and sharpness. The colors are rich and vibrant.:)

[Craig Markham]

Makes my Tanzanian Malachite Kingfishers look pretty lame! Bravo on your technique for the fine IQ at 1/20!

[Dave Leroy]

Lovely looking photo Harshad. Loks of very fine detail and a very cooperative bird. good for you. Dave

[RakeshDhareshwar]

You have absolutely nailed it at 1/20 !!!! Looks like you had already got some winners at higher ISO and then your love for ISO 200 must have compelled you to try this one . The outcome is amazing !!

[Harshad Barve]

I made some nice shots ( including action shots at 800 ) then as he sat for few secs , I drop down ISO to my favourite 200 , I just love 200 , :):);)

You have absolutely nailed it at 1/20 !!!! Looks like you had already got some winners at higher ISO and then your love for ISO 200 must have compelled you to try this one . The outcome is amazing !!

[Rahul Sachdev]

phew..stunner..i dont think I can ever get bored with this bird.
Thanks for Sharing Harshad.

-rahul

[arash_hazeghi]

A winner Harshad, love the colors and pose, very sharp for 1/20sec (cable release?)

Fine image, congrats

[Bill Jobes]

The colors and detail are amazing!

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Wow, Harshad. This is simply spectacular!
Where was this image made? I would love to see one of these some day.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great image Bhai, nice to see these colours back.. we love it..

[Axel Hildebrandt]

This is such a beautiful bird, the colors are stunning, good eye contact and BG, too.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Oh, man those are really crazy colors,
I love it of course. The pose is very nice even though not
a typical portrait one. It makes the bird look inquisitive.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Good heavens Harshad, the colours are almost unbelievable! Fantastic sharpness, especially for 1/20. I really DO have to get to India:eek:

[Harshad Barve]

I really DO have to get to India:eek:

Chris , You are most welcome to India ,

[Harshad Barve]

very sharp for 1/20sec (cable release?)

No shutter pressed by button on body and firm grip on lens by hand which was mounted on gimble head

[Raymond Barlow]

please keep them coming Bhai, superb image in every respect... I am with you 100%., if the dang bird sits still, and you have a few minutes, iso 200, mirror lock up, and f5.6 was a very wise choice.

awesome.

[Bill Dix]

Absolutely spectacular! The pose is perfect to show this stunner to his best advantage. You can post all of these that you want -- I'll keep looking and loving them.

[Trivedi Ashvin]

Fantastic image in all aspects!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Amazing looking bird!
I can't find any other bird with such set of colors! Just lovely.

[Srikanth Kumar]

Wow Bhai this is riot of colors !!! perfect in all aspects.........

[Jan Fourie]

This is a very good image with great colours,posture,comp ,eye contact and BG
wd
jan

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Harshad.....one thing that gets noticed less because of the awesome bird and its colors is the exquisite bokeh in this image. I'd take any bird on this background. And you got one of the best. huge congrats.

[Giulio Zanni]

I am speechless :eek: it seems it could come from one of my kids' comics. Fantastic, really!

[Gus Cobos]

Harshadbhai,
This is simply beautiful. The colors are superb. Great head angle and sharp eye contact. I like the composition, image and capture...congrats...well done...:cool:

[Steve Kaluski]

Harshad, me thinks you planed this repost and I am very please you did for us 'newbies':D

The detail and focus is where it should be, but if I didn't know better, I thought it might have been an April fool joke with the vivid colours. Like it very much!!!

TFS
Steve

[Mital Patel]

i would say make it vertical for NAT GEO and BBC magazine people too :)

[Brent Wellander]

Incredible colour & detail...awesome!

[James Salywoda]

Stunning!!!!!

[Nagesh Mula]

Beautiful image of a beautiful bird Harshad. Congrats!!

[Suzanne Huot]

This Gem of a bird has to be my most favourite of all Indian birds ,what a stunning image of it you have here Harshad ,this is a must on my wish list ,Do you find it all over India or only in specific places ?

[Harshad Barve]

This Gem of a bird has to be my most favourite of all Indian birds ,what a stunning image of it you have here Harshad ,this is a must on my wish list ,Do you find it all over India or only in specific places ?

He is monsoon migratory bird , here some more details

http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...=Adesh+Shivkar

[fabiobernardino]

Perfect !!! Congratulations.

I have a friend who will go to India next year (December). After seing this picture, I'm considering going too !

[aaturravani]

beautiful capture......lovely details and wow...what amazing colours....keep up the good work :)

[Elmar Venter]

Harshad, this is stunning. All compliments above well-deserved.