Kingbird with Dragon

[Jude Haase]

Caught this guy catching dragonflies right next to his nesting area. After about fifty frames or so I finally got a decent one.

30D and 500F4 and 1.4X

ISO 400
F5.0
1/400
Shooting off Artie's beanbag in my boat
with it parked on a grass float in the marsh
of South Louisiana.

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi Jude and welcome to BPN.

Lovely colors and textures you have here. The composition works very well and the meal is a HUGE plus. Congrats!

[Del Cockroft]

Nice pose and lovely BG. Well done.

[Stephen Stephen]

Welcome Jude. This image works very well with the bird's head turn, sharp eye showing its colour, good exposure AND the prey.

I do find that there's little room for both the head and tail. If you have room from a crop, or wanted to try adding some canvas, I would suggest adding some space on the top and bottom edges.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great timing and fantastic bg,nice work Jude