Common Kingfisher

[Bhargava Srivari]

A Common Kingfisher, from Lotus Pond in Hyderabad. Went bird watching after a long time, an it was thoroughly enjoyable thanks to Siva An, Supreet Sahoo and Anirban Sen :-)

Canon EOS 7D, Canon 300 f/2.8 L IS II USM + 2x extender III, June 2012.
f/5.6, 1/320sec, ISO 400, EV -0.3, evaluative metering.

[Bhargava Srivari]

Oops; posted the wrong image earlier. Had saved it halfway through PP and didn't bother to change the color temp :( Here is the actual intended image. Extreely sorry for the inconvenience.

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

Beautiful potrait. The colors give it a great feel and the clean BG adds to the image. Thanks for sharing.

regards
Rajan

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice perch and eye contact. Is it mud sticking to its beak? Was it possible to move a bit more to the left? Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice to see a kingfisher. I am sure your bird photographs will now be better due to the longer focal length at your disposal. The second image seems to have one more round of sharpening than the first image. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi