Forest Kingfisher

Gallery: AvianPosted July 20, 2013245 views12 comments

A land based kingfisher from tropical Australia.

5D3 500/f4 1.4X
ISO 400 f8 1/500 exp comp +2/3
The sun had just risen and everything was still in shade

cheers
Rob

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on July 20, 2013 at 9:07 AM

Outstanding! Love the veggies climbing the perch and the stunning bg. Sharon

Registered on November 1, 2003, 392 Posts, 4810 Comments

Comment posted by John Neukirch on July 20, 2013 at 10:04 AM

An absolutely beautiful bird on an exquisite perch. Very well Done!

Registered on July 9, 2012, 207 Posts, 1476 Comments

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on July 20, 2013 at 1:06 PM

Sweet image, Rob. Really like all the elements here - the pose, vine, perch and background.

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

Comment posted by Bill Leggett on July 20, 2013 at 1:14 PM

Excellent image and nice perch, Rob. Would also look good with a bit of a crop from bottom. Nice work!

Registered on July 21, 2004, 706 Posts, 3233 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 20, 2013 at 2:18 PM

Love this!
Nice exposure on the whites, an intriguing perch, and great colours and BG

Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 20, 2013 at 2:44 PM

Exquisite!

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on July 21, 2013 at 2:02 PM

Wow - a great species (I am a big lover of KF) in an excellent setting !

, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on July 21, 2013 at 3:28 PM

Excellent composition and BG for this lovely rare King Fisher. TFS.

Registered on February 16, 2012, 118 Posts, 767 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on July 21, 2013 at 11:05 PM

Outstanding Rob,
This is a very well composed image and I would not change a thing. I find Kingfishers a very hard bird to capture properly, they are very illusive and hard to approach, very small and very - very fast.
Well done on this guy . . .

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 21, 2013 at 11:34 PM

Really great exposure Rob and the perch is really adding a lot of interest to this shot for me.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Greg Oakley on July 22, 2013 at 3:00 AM

Simply beautiful Rob