Small Blue Kingfisher Series#2

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Shot this at Hidden Valley near Chickmaglur, the kf with the catch is the male and to please the female it offers her the catch & finally it was successfully in mating:001_smile:
I had some amazing moments watching the behaviour of the kf's.

Camera Model Canon EOS 40D, 100-400mm
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/200
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
ISO 800
Focal length 400mm
Hand held

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Seems the light was pretty low. Nice behaviour captured.
Look fwd to more from the series. Have you got a shot with the two closer to each other?

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Thanks Abhishek, light is a problem during this period of the year. I have few more images to share and one for sure is with the 2 kf's closer than this one.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Very nice. I wish the light was from behind your back, so the eyes would have been well lit. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Mrudul Godbole]

Its good you got it with a catch. The perch is nice. Wish the light was good too. Thanks for sharing.

[Bibhav Behera]

Nice image. I actually like the wide perspective here. Its always beautiful to see courtship rituals of animals and birds (People not so much!!!). <smiles to himself>

Thanks for sharing... :)