I created this image of a female Pied Kingfisher on a farm dam close to Kruger National Park. Captured from a small boat in slightly overcast conditions.
Canon 1D MKIII
Canon 300 F2.8 IS @ 300mm
ISO 1250
SS 1/2500 sec
Aperture F4
Shutter Priority
Fantastic capture! Probably the best shot I have seen of a Pied Kingfisher hunting! If anything would consider cropping a bit off the bottom to get rid of the dark stripe and also add some room to the left.
Hendri,
I like the repost. Do you have any space at left? A little bit of space at the left to include the water splash would have been good and enhanced the pattern of droplets.
Amazing shot, Hendri. The kind that makes you smile and giggle when you get home and download that CF card!! I'll be watching for this one in the magazines.
did you have to post this magnificent picture above my meagre effort??? :(:eek:
as I said earlier - your best by miles so far. the eye-level angle from the boat takes it to another league. the more space added and brighter droplets makes it pop more and balances the comp.
Very nice! The repost is excellent, though there wasn't much room for improvement in the first place.
I'm on my substandard computer at work, but it appears the dark patches on the head around the area need to be lightened. Take that with a grain of salt though.
Awesome splashing action and superb low angle for this type of image. I do find it oversharpened in some areas though. A great bonus is the fish facing this way. Way cool image.
Hi Hendri, Just amazing action you captured. I like it for all of the postitive listed above. The repost looks great. Judging from the water rings it looks like it could use a little clockwise rotation. Thanks for sharing.
Eish! Now this one kicks butt! And the cropped version is right on the money! This is what bird photography is about, nailing that really exclusive one! Kudzus to you, Hendri!
Gorgeous and very spectecular image! I love the last post, but would back of on the sharpening a bit more especially on the water. Am green with envy and so wish this was mine!!! Congrats!
I am overwhelmed by the response to this. Thanks to each and everyone for your views and comments.
Sabyasachi, thanks you for pointing it out in the first place.
Marco, I used a Canon 1D MKIII and AF set to AI Servo. Basically I focus on the hovering bird and track it down to the water when it dives. This is a very fast action and the success rate not that good. Lots of images gone to the bin. I would say this action was about 6-8 meters from me.