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    Default Kingfisher with prey (froglet)

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    Having little time to head out i just went trough some of my older Kingfisher files and came across this one. It is fun watching them catch prey from tiny fish at the start of the nesting period up to large newts and froglets like this one at the end of their nesting period.

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    Super pose showing off his catch, sharp, and those colours are perfect. Killer BG too.

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    Other then being a little hot on the white patch, looks real good as Stuart mentioned. You might want to play around with the white area to ilk out a bit more detail if it is there.

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    Now those are the images I know and are evocative of Jeroen.

    Would like to see a larger version of this bird to appreciate the full glory of this lovely bird.
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    Great catch, Jeroen. Good comments above. Lovely soft light and DOF covers the bird well while rendering a lovely BG.
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    I would love to get shots like that one day! Very nice image, pose and comp - and its always a plus when there is some interesting action taking place.

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    Nice catch. Nice BG too. Agree with above comments.

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    Beautiful colors sharpness and BGD, great shot.

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    Sharp image with great colours. I like that you got him with the prey as well.

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    Brilliant alert pose . The froglet adds to the image. Love those colours !!

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