Common Kingfisher

[Atul Dhamankar]

This Photo was taken at Sunderbans Tiger Reserve, W. Bengal. When I foot down from boat for 'Mangrove Walk', a trail developed by forest department, I saw this bird sitting for fish near a sweet water pond.

Feb. 2009

Nikon D80
Sigma 170-500mm APO DG
Apereture : 6.3
Apereture Priority mode
Sutter Speed: 1/250
ISO 400
Handheld

[Bibhav Behera]

Nice image.. i like the composition. It is sharp. You can mildly (a tad) reduce the highlights...

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Hi Atul,
Lovely image. I like the composition. The image is sharp. How come the background is so black? The texture on the tree trunk is nice. A little bit reduction in highlights especially on the foot would be good. It would have been fantastic with a fish. I hope next time you can show us that. :-)

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Shivang Mehta]

I love the composition. The bokeh and DOF is spot on. the tree bark is adding that extra punch to this photograph

[Siddhartha Gogoi]

What a photo, amazing. Lovely composition, do you think there is some scope to sharpen the photo a little bit.

Regards,
Siddhartha

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Fantastic shot. Do try reducing the highlights. The BG is brilliantly clean. Nice compo and pose.

The tree trunk looks slightly unsharp to me... in fact it seems to have a "motion blur" :confused: kind of look... How come no one else has mentioned this?

[AB Apana]

Good to see you on India Wilds!

Apana