The uncommon king!

[Bhargava Srivari]

Sighted a common kingfisher at lotus pond yesterday evening, after about 6 months into birding! This one might be a commoner in all other parts of the country, but in Hyderabad- to all the locations I have been, saw tens of white-breasted KFs and even many pied KF's but never a common kingfisher! Hence, the uncommon king:)

Moving to the right would have given me a full green BG, but that act would have only ensured that I fell into the deep waters:)

f5.6, 1/640sec, ISO 200, EV -0.3, 400mm.

canon 60D
canon 100-400 L IS

[Dr. Kalpamoi Kakati]

How much cropped is it? There is significant loss of details.Opening up shadows a bit would be good.Any particular reason for EV -0.3?TFS

[Mrudul Godbole]

Surprised to know that in Hyderabad there are less common Kingfishers. The eye contact is nice. A slight more head turn towards you would have enhanced the eye contact further. Wish it was perched on a natural perch. Reducing the sharpness a bit would be good. Thanks for sharing.

[Subramanniyan Mani]

Looks like sharpening is a little on the higher side.....opening up the shadows will also help.