Belted Kingfisher

[Michael Pancier]

I was amazed that this guy perched for as long as he did at Wako for the BPN GT. I'm convinced Fabs had something to do with it.

EOS 7d + 500 4.0L + 1.4x TCII
1/800
f/5.6
ISO 400

25% crop

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice perch, pose, and BG. Pointing your lens a bit more to the left (and maybe also down a bit) would have strenghten the comp IMO. Those whites can sure be tough...

Sounds like you guys had a blast!!

[Stu Bowie]

Good comp and pose, and I like the overall light in this. The KF is nice and sharp too.

[Grace Scalzo]

Loving your background. Agree that the comp could be stronger, feels heavy on the left.

[Scott Frye]

Kingfisher stands out nicely from the background. I am not a fan of that contrasty and busy background. I wonder what a vertical crop on the kingfisher would look like -- it would de-emphasize the background some.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Really like the composition Michael and the wonderful BG. The whites are tough but you did well to capture this elusive bird out in the open. Congratulations.

[Daniel Pettersson]

Wonderful capture. Great composition and light.