Buffy

[Lance Peters]

Another shot of The Buff breasted paradise Kingfisher - from my trip to Far North Queensland 2009.

D3
nIKON 500mm f4 WITH 1.7X Converter
F8
1/40TH
SB 900 Manual flash @ 1/2 (From memory)
Matrix Metering
Tripod
Pretty Large crop.

Comments welcome.

[Peter Farrell]

Super image. Great colors, pose and BG. Beautiful bird.
I'll try a little critique: Maybe tone down highlights on the perch, not knowing the species; are the tail tips that white?

[Bill Dix]

What a bird! Lovely colors and nice comp. To me the multiple catchlight is a bit distracting, but that's a minor nit.

[Alfred Forns]

Sweet bird Lance !!! Good call on the catchlight !!! Love that bg !!!

[Dave Mills]

Hi Lance, Great subject along with good positioning within the frame.Backround is beautiful! So far I never got close enough to a Kingfisher to get a good shot....

[arash_hazeghi]

Very beautiful Lance, colors are great TFS

[Bob Miller]

Hi Lance...really like the colors esp the orange breast looking so soft and fluffy. I agree with pete about toning down the perch. You might try sharpening the little guy's feet

[Mark Young]

Awesome orange breast! I would love to see these guys in the wild. Nice detail considering it was taken at 1/40th sec.