Female Belted Kingfisher

[James Salywoda]

Belted Kingfisher
Southern, California

This is one of those species that has been a nemesis for me for sometime now I finally got some keepers.:)


Nikon D300s AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC
1/1600 F8 iso640

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Doug Brown]

Very nice detail! Congrats on finally getting some quality frames of your nemesis bird.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful pose,eye contact...details!

[Bill Jobes]

Nice grab of the gray bird with gray bokeh!

It's a very pleasing image, Jim.

And congrats on taming the nemesis!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi James, very similar to our giant kingfisher. Well done on getting a very fast flyer, and I like the complimentary BG.

[Paul Lagasi]

Way to go James...I still haven't been able to get an image like yours, well done

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the light, eye contact and the BG. Maybe some NR on the BG? How much did you crop?

[denise ippolito]

Jim, Congrats on your capture. Not an easy bird at all. Nice details and eye contact. Beautiful complimentary BG.

[Haim Ziv]

I know how fast they are. It's a real killer shot.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Excellent work Jim as always. Sharp, great bokeh and well placed in frame. Glad you got to photograph this guy. Thanks for sharing your success. :)

[Matt Vosniak]

Very well done James. I like that we get a little topside view of this speeding bullet. You guys and your BIF shots always leave me shaking my head. I just can't seem to ever get anything worth a darn. Congrats on getting some keepers.

Matt