Kingfisher with fish

[Jeroen Stel]

Have been prepairing my Kingfisher walls again and hoping for a new nesting season. It is difficult after 3 harsh winters as numbers have dropped from 1200 pairs to around 150-200 pairs in our country.

Still having seen a Kingfisher in my own village recently and having heard several over at my old nesting sites i have good hopes for this Spring/Summer.

Here's one from the old files wich i had not yet processed...

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark III
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: F 6.3
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: + 2/3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 400
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod from hide
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS5

[Ofer Levy]

Sweet image Jeroen! Sad to hear about the drop in numbers - hope they will recover.

[Art Kornienko]

Sweet image for sure, no improvements on this one.

[Herb Houghton]

Wonderful capture Jeroen. I like the comp, the colors, the sharpness, BG and behavior.

[allanrube]

+1 on what others have said - great shot. The only thing I might try doing is to lighten up around the eye. I really don't know if that would be better or worse. I am just saying you might want to try it.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Real fine capture. My vote for a little brighter eye as well. Otherwise sweet just as it is.

[Katie Rupp]

I really like combination of the bird's rich colors and that beautiful background; it has a dreamy look to it.

[Mark Young]

Georgous image. I love the colours of the bird and the bg.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Great colors, pose, background, sharpness and moment captured of course. I do think it's a bit tight on top and the perch is a bit big for the bird and takes too much space in the frame. JR

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good luck on your kingfisher project!!

Excellent image here. I love everything about it, but this spring/summer make a special request to these guys to pose with the head part of the fish facing this way!