Ooooops!!!!

[Stu Bowie]

Giant Kingfisher. I hope Im not offending anybody with this image, but thought I would bring a bit of fun for a friday - since its been a long week. Making himself lighter for the take off. Taken in the Pilanesberg nature reserve a little while back. Any captions will be appreciated.;)

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/2000
F/5.6
ISO 400

Exp comp +1
Hand held

[Steve Kaluski]

I think it might be nerves Stu. :D

[John Wright]

Could be a "Creativity Project" candidate! :)

[Harshad Barve]

lovely pose Stuartbhai ,
TFS

[Stephen Stephen]

Stuart nice "behavioural" image. :D Interesting colouration on this species.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Another beauty Stuart. Love the excellent detail, pose and clean BG. Well done !!!

[Craig Brelsford]

No apologies needed, Stu; this is a useful image. I'm surprised by the high volume of it. Lightening his load, indeed.

[Phil Ertel]

Hi Stuart,

Thanks for sharing as it did add a bit of fun and amusement to my day. If every action has an equal and opposite reaction, perhaps this bird is trying out jet propulsion?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

He certainly let you know what he thinks about photographers. :) I would try to lighten the parts that are not sunlit.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

LOL!
That's a big load! I'm sure it was not so hard to take off after that. TFS

[Haim Ziv]

LOL! Sweet relief !!! great timing.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all for the feedback and comments. Much appreciated.

[denise ippolito]

Stuart, That is quite a lot of whitewash from such a small bird. Nice capture and made me smile!:)

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks Denise, this was all about the fun side.