Kingfisher Tenderising

Gallery: AvianPosted January 2, 201779 views4 comments

Belted Kingfisher with a pond beetle and it is continually banging the food on the perch into a pulpy swallowable morsel.

Nikon d500, @420mm, F6.3, lens vr active, 1/400, iso1100, Tripod mounted, -.67 meter compensation

comment appreciated

Bill
www.billbickle.com

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on January 2, 2017 at 3:02 PM

Hi Bill,

I like how this gourmet is preparing the meal. Some of these water beetles can release defensive chemicals too--so this could end up being a spicy snack! The BW treatment works well for this image. I like the water drops radiating out from the prey item. A good natural history shot of these birds in action..............................Jim

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 2, 2017 at 3:48 PM

Great pose and action, Bill. For my taste, I don't think the bg has enough contrast with the perch and subject for a B&W presentation.

devil

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

Comment posted by Charles Bell on January 2, 2017 at 5:27 PM

Very nice image. I like the action and the B&W rendering.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on January 2, 2017 at 10:23 PM

I love the elements of this image and would love to see a non-BW version if there isn't a specific reason such as the look of the background that made the BW version better. I really like Belted Kingfishers.

Registered on July 27, 2010, 1310 Posts, 5035 Comments