Kingfisher take off

Gallery: AvianPosted January 20, 20111,368 views37 comments

Kingfisher take off, north east Italy, close Treviso. Distance about 4,5 meter.

Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 500 mm f4, ISO 800, TV, 1/2500 sec, f8 -2/3, manual focus, no crop

Ciao, fabrizio.

Comments

37 comments

Comment posted by Rebecka on January 20, 2011 at 10:23 AM

Wow, just gorgeous. Love the rich jewel-toned colors of the bird and the background, and also like the bird's apparent eye contact with the camera. There is one tiny dark dot on the lower left that I would clone out. Other than that, perfect!

Registered on February 5, 2009, 170 Posts, 924 Comments

Comment posted by Max Waugh on January 20, 2011 at 10:32 AM

A really dynamic pose and great detail for a fast-moving subject like this. I'm not sure the composition/crop works for me personally (centered subject with a lot of empty space) , but I can't argue about the quality of the capture at all.

Max

Registered on September 26, 2008, 428 Posts, 2329 Comments

Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on January 20, 2011 at 10:42 AM

Awesome image, Fabrizio ! Beautiful pose and wonderful colors. Congratulations

(Just a very minor nit: there is a dust spot on the LLC...)
Ciao.Mauro

Registered on January 21, 2010, 650 Posts, 2500 Comments

Comment posted by Monica Siri on January 20, 2011 at 1:46 PM

Superb pose, Fabrizio. Great shot.

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Comment posted by Giorgio Gregori on January 20, 2011 at 2:25 PM

A shot of great quality , not easy to get . Very nice wingspread , difficult to capture in this subject .
Congrats .
Giorgio

Registered on November 16, 2007, 87 Posts, 793 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Harbour on January 20, 2011 at 3:40 PM

Awesome flight pose with great color and detail. Super image.

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

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 20, 2011 at 4:28 PM

Fantastic action and pose, Fabrizio.

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

Comment posted by Fabrizio Moglia on January 20, 2011 at 4:30 PM

Many thanks !

I appreciate very much your visit and comments.

Ciao, fabrizio.

Registered on January 18, 2011, 5 Posts, 28 Comments

Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on January 20, 2011 at 5:28 PM

Wow, just Wow!

Geoff.

Registered on August 20, 2010, 192 Posts, 980 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on January 20, 2011 at 5:33 PM

This is Awesome

Very Nice Imgae Fabrizio!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on January 20, 2011 at 7:54 PM

SUPERB !
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on January 20, 2011 at 8:12 PM

Just sweet - especially like the detail of the OOF grass in the BG... there's a dust spot in the LLC that should be taken care of. Crazy sharp!

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on January 20, 2011 at 8:23 PM

Stunning colours and detail, Wonderful work. Such beautiful jewel tones!

Registered on November 12, 2010, 254 Posts, 3083 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on January 20, 2011 at 10:40 PM

Just a lovely image over all. Great full wing span. There appears to be a loss of detail in the lighter blues on the top of the tail. I've never seen this bird and so I don't know how they look-so maybe I just don't understand.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on January 20, 2011 at 11:01 PM

Wonderful pose, colour and detail Fabrizio

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on January 21, 2011 at 10:41 AM

Sweet shot Fabrizio. Not much else to say. Very nice.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 21, 2011 at 7:25 PM

Hi Fabrizio

Like mauro said " awesome image" The flight pose, color,and detail are all marvelous

Albert Darmo. Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by David Williams on January 21, 2011 at 9:00 PM

Simply amazing, Fabrizio! The colors and pose are stunning.....really well done!

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on January 22, 2011 at 5:23 AM

Impeccable timing and technical precision! The results speak volumes! Truly an amazing shot- Congratulations.

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Jay Patel on January 22, 2011 at 9:20 AM

Excellent shot...Great colors and sharpness.

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Comment posted by Eric Stogner on January 25, 2011 at 12:34 AM

Ciao, color, composition, good range of tones in the blues, beautiful!

Registered on January 19, 2011, 18 Posts, 40 Comments

Comment posted by Simon Bennett on January 25, 2011 at 2:00 AM

Excellent pose and colours.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on January 26, 2011 at 12:52 PM

Wonderful image. Congrats on your EP.

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Comment posted by Alan Bryant on January 26, 2011 at 12:55 PM

Cracking image

Congrats on your EP

Registered on March 31, 2006, 473 Posts, 1081 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on January 26, 2011 at 1:37 PM

Congrats Fabrizio and a belated welcome to NPN, fantastic shot

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on January 26, 2011 at 1:42 PM

Congratulations on your Editors Pick. This is a striking image!

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Comment posted by Fabrizio Moglia on January 26, 2011 at 3:32 PM

Thanks a lot to everyone ! I'm happy you like this picture because Kingfisher is my preferred bird and is not so easy meet him in Italy.

Ciao, fabrizio

Registered on January 18, 2011, 5 Posts, 28 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on January 26, 2011 at 3:37 PM

First rate. A well-deserved EP. Congratulations.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 26, 2011 at 6:40 PM

Congrats on the fine EP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Paul DeCesare on January 27, 2011 at 1:29 AM

Grande fotografia!

Registered on August 31, 2007, 29 Posts, 202 Comments

Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on January 27, 2011 at 5:00 AM

A fine image with a fine pose.
Congrats on EP, Fabrizio !

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Comment posted by Fabrizio Moglia on January 27, 2011 at 9:22 AM

Ok, now I understoud what is EP..... thanks a lot for preference. I appreciate very much.

Ciao, fabrizio.

Registered on January 18, 2011, 5 Posts, 28 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Maile on January 27, 2011 at 9:44 AM

Looks like a painting, can't even imagine capturing one of these in such detail!! Congrats.

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Comment posted by Christine Adams on January 29, 2011 at 2:02 PM

One word...S-T-U-N-N-I-N-G!!! Congrats on a wonderful capture!!!

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 1, 2011 at 6:34 PM

Hi fabrizio

Congrats on the EP

Albert Darmo. Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Andrea Marzorati on February 27, 2011 at 4:08 PM

Congrats Fabrizio, fantastic image!

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on April 17, 2011 at 2:17 PM

I'm blown away. Amazing beauty in those wings with unbelievable detail

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