Pied Rumble

[Rudi van den Heever]

Uploaded this image earlier the week and some members already commented, but somehow it is just "gone" now... So here it is again!

Location: Mankwe Hide, Pilanesberg Game Reserve
Equipment: Canon 7D and 500mm F4 lens
Settings: 1/5000s at F5.6 and ISO 400 with -2/3 EV

[Sachin Saraf]

Rudi, you captured both the birds with nice eye contact also the BG, perch and DOF are very nice...I see hint of sharpening halo..

[Yves Guillot]

Very nice action shot! Sweet light too!

[EzhilSuresh]

Rudi, very nice action shot with good details.

[Nancy Bell]

This is outstanding. Great details, lighting, action, perch and bkgd! I really like the active positions of the 2 kingfishers, creating intersting lines and interesting compostion and no important parts are obscured. Very well done!

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot. I really like the comp, great job on getting both birds in focus, lovely light, and exposed very well.
Well done.

[Ian Cassell]

Wonderful shot. I love the composition and the fact that both birds are interesting. I'm very jealous. I have trouble getting a good image of ONE kingfisher and you got two (or are your African kingfishers less skittish than their North American cousins?)!

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great action here, nice light and dof

[Rudi van den Heever]

Thanks for the feedback everyone! It is appreciated!

Ian, it depends where you shoot them, but in general they are a bit skittish! At Mankwe where these two were shot they are pretty much used to the people on the walk way and will do there thing some 2 or 3 meters away from you - which of course is a problem with the long lenses... so the 100-400 comes in real handy as a second!