Woodlands Kingfisher

[Morkel Erasmus]

Another image from our trip in December 2009 to the northern section of the Kruger National Park. The woodlands kingfisher (Halcyon Senegalensis) is a migrant to South Africa in our summers - and a beautiful bird.

Techs:
Nikon D300s with Nikkor 200-400mm f4 VR @ 400mm
f4.5 @ 1/640 SS @ ISO-800
Exp +0.3

[Randy Stout]

Morkel:

Very nice little fellow, well composed, sharp, well exposed. Nice BG and catchlight too.

The perch is more massive than ideal for me, but the angle of it helps.

Cheers

Randy

[Aidan Briggs]

Wow, what a lovely KF. The low light, green BG, and perfect exposure make this very nice. I might try and lighten the BG a tad... just a personal preferance. I agree with Randy about the perch being a bit overpowering. I love the blue color of the feathers.

[Roberto Betta]

Very nice Morkel, bird is nice and sharp and a great BG to suit!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful Bhai, Really neat pose, HA, sharpness and BG.. well done..

[James Salywoda]

Fantastic image Morkel such a stunning looking bird. Big Congrats!

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent details and BG Morkel, colors are great. perch does not bother me. TFS

[Harshad Barve]

Fantastic image Morkelbhai , this is one species I would like to have in my Africa visit
TFS

[Steve Canuel]

Beautiful bird, nice detail in the capture. Like the head turn toward you. The perch is big but it seems like a natural choice for a KF to me. If mine, I'd dull the vibrancy/sat of the green BG just a bit.

[Markus Jais]

A really beautiful bird in a fantastic picture. Great light and colors, awesome BG and wonderful sharpness.

Markus

[Egil Droge]

Nice shot! You can see your car in its eye :)

[Rick Moran]

Beautiful bird. Nice colors and sharpness and a great background.

[Morkel Erasmus]

thanks so much for the kind comments everyone...

here is a repost with the BG toned down

[Steve Canuel]

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[Morkel Erasmus]

thanks Steve. but the green as seen in the OP is really how lush and vibrant it was. :)