Pied Kingfisher

[Mital Patel]

Pied Kingfisher
Canon 400D, 100-400L
January 17 2010, 5:37pm

1/800sec at f/8, 400mm ISO:400

Taken at Thol Bird Sanctuary, Gujarat, INDIA

I could have clone out the white's on the beak but i though it would add a punch of evening light when a KF bumps from water it tends to reflect always.

C&C Welcome

[Dave Leroy]

An interesting pose and the only way to see the back of far wing is a shot from back. Nice head turn and eye contact. I like the thought of a bit of crop from the right. Perhaps removing some of the highlights on beak would add to the thought of the wet environment. Dave

[Dan Fleming]

I too would like to see the bird more to the right (crop from the right). I love the pose and the HA. Well done.

[Markus Jais]

I agree with Dan about a little crop from the right. Otherwise I like it a lot. The wing pose is great and the head angle of the bird also. This bird has an awesome bill.

Markus

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Mital, loved the pose and wing blur. Crop can be slightly different as others have suggested. I would have liked vertical as well.

[Marc Mol]

Good in flight pose Mital with nice light, small nit is the head has some sharpening halos present.
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

Nice pose and HA bhai.. the blues add well, I too would be tempted to try another comp, still like this Bhai..

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Love this one , the way it is . Surprised to see the blur @ 1/800 .