Giant Kingfisher

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

1D MKIII
600mm f/4 + 1.4x convertor
f/7.1
ss 1/3200
ISO 640

[Doug Brown]

Pretty darned spectacular Gerrie! Awesome pose and a good exposure. Eye is sharp; amazing that 1/3200 doesn't freeze the wings. The bird is a little tight in the frame, and I would lighten the dark areas at the bottom of the frame.

[Fabs Forns]

Beautiful dorsal view, sharp where it counts. The blur in the wings could be a DOF issue rather than s/s.
Great EXP control and agree with Doug on darkening the light areas. A little more space around wouldn't hurt either. TFS.

[Elmar Venter]

This is very good Gerrie. Difficult one to get in flight. Great head-angle, sharpness and background.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gerrie, great banking angle, and you nailed the wingspread and fanned tail. These guys are pretty quick, so well done on just getting him in the frame. A little more space below would work. Well captured.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Nothing to add to all the good advice above. What a terrific shot!! Loved the wing spread and eye contact. Well executed. Thx for sharing.

[arash_hazeghi]

Wing position is killer in this one, head and tail sharp and a nice BG, congrats, well done!

[Bob Pelkey]

No shadows to detract from a great shot.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very cool banking pose, good eye contact and nice BG. Aside from toning down the whites a tad, I might try to lighten the eye a bit. Another vote for a slightly wider crop.

[Arthur Morris]

I have zero problems with this spectacular capture. Can you tell us about the situation.

[Danny J Brown]

Hi Gerrie - Congrats on a fantastic shot. You sure captured it in an awesome position.

[Harshad Barve]

So the KF man is back with bang , This is terrific image , big congrats
TFS

[Nate Chappell]

Yowsa!! This is awesome, what a great wing position, congrats!!

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Thank you for viewing & commenting everyone. It is much appreciated.:)

Arthur, this was taken late afternoon. I had good light to work with and I used a beanbag to rest the lens on. He was successfull in catching dinner and this was taken after he fed and as he was departing the scene.

[Leandro Herrainz]

Excelent! nice BG and position!

[RAM MALLYA]

Wow amazing wing span captured lovely bird

[Vida van der Walt]

Excellent shot Gerrie. Love the angle, wingspread and fanned tail. Sharp where it counts.:)

[Rich Steel]

Gerrie

You captured a wonderful pose here with the combination of dorsal view and great eye contact. An excellent photo and great job.

Cheers

Rich

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Thank you for viewing & commenting Vida & guys. It is much appreciated.:)

[Callie de Wet]

Beautiful male? at Mankwe? Just love the action. Cropwise I would loose the left to be in line with the caption above the frame. Wish it was mine!