Sacred Kingfisher

[Alex Becker]

Hi all,

A New Zealand sacred kingfisher, or kōtare, taken on a very windy and rainy (half)day in Auckland. This was along the coast on an intertidal zone where I watched and photographed two of them for about an hour or so until the rain stopped and the day turned hot and sunny. Really 4 seasons in a day in NZ. Perch is volcanic rock and BG is rock and ocean. In post, pretty basic edits, slight crop, some NR on the BG.

Camera: Nikon D500
Lens: 500mm f/4 + 1.4 TC
Specs: 1/800 f/5.6 ISO 800

Thanks for looking and commenting on prior posts!
Alex