Black-backed Kingfisher

Gallery: AvianPosted September 3, 2009651 views19 comments

Taken from Ban Krank at Petchaburi Province of Thailand.

50D EF600F4LIS 1/60 F8 ISO800 EV-1 2/3 flash on @600mm. with tripod.

Comments are welcome.

Ravee

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on September 3, 2009 at 9:42 AM

The way the fish is in its mouth makes it look like it's smoking a big fat cigar :-)

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Comment posted by Murali Santhanam on September 3, 2009 at 1:11 PM

Fantastic colors.

Registered on July 31, 2008, 43 Posts, 331 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Harbour on September 3, 2009 at 1:28 PM

Beautiful image. great behavior.

Registered on January 4, 2008, 113 Posts, 2416 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 3, 2009 at 2:22 PM

Gorgeous image, Ravee. Wonderful iridescence, and the prey is a great touch.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Mason on September 3, 2009 at 4:55 PM

The colours are superb! I guess you wanted to show the green part of the stem, which does add to the picture, but I'd be tempted to crop it out to move the bird over a bit to the right.

Update

I'm looking at this again on my newly calibrated monitor - it's even better, just stunning!

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on September 3, 2009 at 6:12 PM

This is a beautiful bird Ravee and you have captured it well. The colors are spectacular.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on September 3, 2009 at 7:31 PM

Ravee,

The colors on this Kingfisher are beautiful. I like the prey in the bill, the background and the light in the eyes of both the fish and the bird.

I would be tempted to crop away the gree part of the stem to move the bird right and thus be less centered.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on September 3, 2009 at 7:57 PM

Very cool image Ravee. I love the colorful birds you can see in Thailand. Love the fish in his beak.

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on September 3, 2009 at 8:35 PM

Beautiful image of a very colorful bird, Ravee.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on September 3, 2009 at 9:01 PM

Well done getting this tough-to-find KF!

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on September 3, 2009 at 9:25 PM

Ravee this is awesome.what a great find

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on September 3, 2009 at 10:13 PM

A beauty, Ravee! Super perch and details. I particularly like the iridescence. The fish (tadpole?) outs this over the top.

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments

Comment posted by David Sparks on September 4, 2009 at 12:09 PM

Beautiful colors on the bird and in the background and very sharp.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 4, 2009 at 11:36 PM

What a gorgeous kingfisher well captured and to get him with a nice fish, congrats Ravee

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Comment posted by Guillaume Dauphin on September 5, 2009 at 6:21 AM

awesome colors and attitude. everything is right... brilliant shot

Registered on June 23, 2009, 3 Posts, 15 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Saunders on September 5, 2009 at 8:53 AM

Beautiful Ravee. very complimentary colours in this. A stunning Kingfisher.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 8, 2009 at 2:17 PM

Beautiful colors, great pose, and cool brach.
Congrats on a nice EP!
Sandy r

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on September 8, 2009 at 7:28 PM

What a stunning bird and image. Congratulationson the EP!

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Comment posted by Barry Southon on September 25, 2009 at 9:10 AM

Ravee

A superb capture I can also see the merit in a crop and right move.

Registered on March 13, 2006, 21 Posts, 150 Comments