Pied Kingfisher

[lee bothma]

Captured over the weekend in Pilanesburg Nature Reserve,

7D, 600mm f4L IS, iso 640, f7.1, 1/2500sec

[Steve Bein]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mark Dumbleton]

Superb image Lee! Excellent posture and exposure. Well timed!

[Tony Whitehead]

Good job, Lee. Great timing - BG and perch are lovely too.

[arash_hazeghi]

love the landing pose and the perch, might sharpen the KF a bit more. TFS

[Marc Mol]

Great wing spread, comp and lighting Lee, would improve further with a tad more USM on the KF, well done.
TFS

[lee bothma]

thank you for the comments folks, i only did one round of slight USM on the bird, as i am scared of it looking over sharpened, but i will have another go at it,
a great weekend to all:D:D

[Scott Frye]

Great shot -- these birds a very shy in my area and I'm lucky to get close enough to even get a glimpse -- love those feet extended out and ready to grab the branch

[Randy Stout]

Lee:

Very nice. USM mentioned, but its the composition with the repeated V of wings and top of perch that makes it extra special for me.

Well captured.

Randy

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Great capture Lee! Well timed & I like the posture & composition.:)