Pied Kingfisher

[Harshad Pendse]

Pied Kingfisher. This one was sighted near Pashan Lake, Pune

[Mrudul Godbole]

Hello Harshad,

Welcome to IndiaWilds..!!

Nice sighting. There is lot of noise and loss of details, how big crop is this? Moving a bit more to the right would have enhanced the eye contact further. Do post the equipment details and the EXIF details to help in commenting. Thanks for sharing.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Congratulations.Your first posting is auspicious.Existence of kingfisher means survival of millions of Indians who depend on fish in many ways.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Harshad Pendse]

Camera Used was Cannon powershot with built in lenses.
Original file size beling 2.63MB, a cropped and smaller sized file has been used for uploading.

properties of the original file showed following info

Camera Maker - Cannon
Camera model - Canon POwerShot S5 IS
F-stop f/4
Exposure time 1/500sec.
ISO speed ISO-80
Exposure bias 0 step
Focal Length 72mm
Max aperture 3.625
Flash mode - No flash compulsory

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I agree that these kingfishers are also indicators of health of the ecosystem.

When you crop the files the quality decreases. It is better to show more of habitat than crop the image to just show the subject.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi