The Prize

Gallery: AvianPosted July 19, 2016117 views6 comments

This image is from my recent trip to Southern Africa. Pied Kingfishers were very active the entire day and with the mostly overcast conditions, we were able to spend a great part of the morning shooting from this blind. I have numerous shots of these guys going about their normal activities, but the head-on pose of this bird with his prey was a bit more unusual and interesting to me than most of the other images I made of this species.

Rondevlei Bird Hide, Wilderness National Park, Wilderness, South Africa

D810
500mm F/4
1/500s @ f/5.6
ISO 800
1/3 EC
Handheld resting against the window of the blind.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 19, 2016 at 10:47 PM

Definitely an unusual Kingfisher pose, Chuck. I don't think I've ever seen this angle before and it's quite effective.

devil

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on July 20, 2016 at 12:32 AM

That's a nice catch he has! I like the different approach that you chose to shoot head on instead of the classic side view. Techs look good as well!

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on July 20, 2016 at 6:11 PM

Interesting angle and well composed image, Chuck. The background and lighting are very pleasing. Techs are spot on.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 20, 2016 at 8:45 PM

Really cool image Chuck. I am not always a huge fan of head on avian images, but sometimes they work really well. This is one of those times; it works perfect! Nice work!

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on July 21, 2016 at 9:20 PM

Just a great image!

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Comment posted by May Haga on July 22, 2016 at 8:58 PM

Excellent work Chuck. I like the black and white palette with the fish and the branch providing a small amount of color.
May

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