Perched

[Stu Bowie]

As I post numerous Kingfishers, its always difficult to present something different. In this, Ive gone for less perch. One thing for sure, the BG's are always different. Taken end of April in the Pilanesberg National Park.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/1600
F/7.1
ISO 500

Exp comp 0
Hand held

[arash_hazeghi]

awesome light pose and great details Stu. another excellent KF shot

[Dumay de Boulle]

Awesome BG and great detail as always..>Top notch mate!

[christopher galeski]

very nice Stuart,great detail,good BG,nice perch and pose.who needs a 500mm lens well done.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and sharpness.

[Shawn Zierman]

Awesome. One of the nicest/warmest backgrounds for a kingfisher image I've seen.
I also like the size of the perch as it relates to the size of the subject.
Details and exposure are rockin.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Awesome one , Stu . Love the balance this image has . Great BG and sharpness too !!!

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all for the kind words.

[Chris Kotze]

Super pose detail and colours. Awesome image Stu

[Arno Ellmer]

A classic, Stuart !

[rajojomanik]

That is one fine looking Kingfisher. Great background, lighting and head turn.

[gail bisson]

Aaah, the killer BG again. I really like this one. The perch and look back are lovely. Exposure is bang on. You are the master of PKF,
Gail

[Craig Kerr]

You are the King of PKF's Stuart... Composition, detail, exposure and a killer background... :-)

[Roman Kurywczak]

No complaints from me! Excellent light BG and perch make this a winner!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Stuart, how many Gbs of PKF shots do you have? this has superb light, details and a BG to die for....so smooth. awesome DOF coverage.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, perch, exposure, sharpness and BG. Excellent image Stuart!