Giant Kingfisher (Kenya)

[Dorian Anderson]

My tour floated up on this bird at Lake Naivasha just after it caught and beat this crayfish to death. The 600 was too
much and I didn't have access to my 100-400 at that moment; hence the headshot.

Canon 600mm f/4 IS II on EOS R5
1/2500 at f/8, ISO 1250
Processed in LR Classic

• Canon EOS R5
• EF600mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III
• ƒ/8
• 840mm
• 1/2500s
• ISO 1250
• dorian anderson
• Tue, 22 August 2023 10:11 PM
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.0.1 (Macintosh)

 

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Wow! The details, colors, and IQ on this are just stunning. The juicy catch is cherry on top.
Would've loved to see this posted larger (1920px wide).
TFS.

 

[Colin Driscoll]

Gorgeous! Love those rusty breast feathers.

 

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Dorian, a beauty. I am with Sid in that I would like to see this larger. Really nice image, thank you for sharing.

 

[Dave Goldberg]

Beautiful shot of a difficult bird. I've never been able to get close enough to a Kingfisher where 500mm would be too much... :c3:

 

[William Dickson]

Very nice Dorian. Everything works well here. BG, Bird with prey, and nice colours throughout. I like the detail you got. Even managed the eye on the crayfish. Perfect HA. I may brighten the eye a wee bit.

Will

 

[Jack Backs]

Sweet. Having the prey item in focus is icing on the cake. No nits for me.

 

[jack williamson]

Great shot Dorian, everything about this is spot on. The crayfish did not have a chance.

 

[Gabriela Plesea]

Lovely image with lots of detail and colours are spot on. Love the content, of course... and BG is awesome.

Super timing an nice techs as well, good PP work too. I so enjoyed viewing, Dorian, thank you for sharing:w3