Pygmy Kingfisher

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• Argus (50626)
• [2008-05-10 8:09]

Hello James,
Despite the heavy crop this image of the Pigmy Kingfisher is pretty sharp and noiseless. The lighting and composition on the lichen-covered twig are great.
TFS this fine image from your archives,
Ivan

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• PeterZ (49139)
• [2008-05-10 9:31]

Hello James,
Beautiful photo of this Pygmy Kingfisher. Great sharp focus on the head. Light and colours are splendid. Good central composition.
Regards,
Peter

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• thor68 (5674)
• [2008-05-10 9:44]

what pretty kingfisher! :-) excellent capture with lovely strong colors. well composed with a nice sitting pose and a wonderful
lichen-covered branch as an outlook. the sharpness is good and i really like the eye-contact. well done & best wishes, thor.

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• Arjun (7593)
• [2008-05-10 10:07]

hello sir,
wonderful picture of this kingfisher..lovely details in it..the perch is amazing
tfs

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• Luis52 (15809)
• [2008-05-10 10:22]

Hola James.
Nice photo even if it was crop. Great camera and lens work. I like the colors and the fine pose just for You. The note is also interesting My friend.
Luis52.

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• gerbilratz (3176)
• [2008-05-10 10:23]

Hi James, great looking bird, very well taken. Amazing background really enhances this birds colours and details. The eye contact is impressive,a thoroughly good composition. TFS regards h

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• Alex99 (23735)
• [2008-05-10 10:31]

Hi James.
Every pictured object is amazing and all together they create a wonderful composition. Superb rich colours, great sharpness and details of the beautiful bird and very impressive twig. Air BG is amazing too. Bravo and TFS.
Alexei.

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• nglen (36145)
• [2008-05-10 10:49]

Hi James. Once again a bird i have never seen so thanks for posting. Unusaul colours with the bright red bill. Interesting ntes to go with the picture. well done TFS.
Nick..

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• claudine (0)
• [2008-05-10 14:08]

Hi James,
This is so interesting! I have never seen this specie before. Kingfishers in my country are rare and very shy and I never had the chance to photograph one. This is beautiful specie that you captured with great colors, exposure, beautiful details and catch light. Even if it is a big crop, we still can appreciate nice quality. Thanks,
Claudine

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• joey (24909)
• [2008-05-10 14:10]

Excellent shot of this beautiful Kingfisher!
Superb composition.
Very sharp too.
I love the lichen on the branch.
Great DOF and BG.
Well done James!!

Joe

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• marhowie (486)
• [2008-05-10 15:14]

Hi James,
Great capture, a very colorful and interesting bird.
Even with the heavy crop, this beautiful kingfisher looks very nice.
Well done & TFS,
Howard

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• pekkavalo1 (6789)
• [2008-05-10 15:32]

Hi James,

Just marking today, will be back...

Pekka

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• boreocypriensis (9571)
• [2008-05-10 15:58]

Hello James,
Splendid shot of this handsome African Pygmy Kingfisher my friend. TFS. Cheers,

Bayram

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• vanderschelden (30441)
• [2008-05-10 16:15]

You've been everywhere, James:-)
..and you got a Kingfisher; on my wishlist for so long:-).
A cute specimen.
Well done
TFS
Annick

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• rousettus (19818)
• [2008-05-10 17:23]

Hello James
wonderful capture. very very beautiful species as like other kingfishers. It will be one of my favourite. Amazing superb coloration. BG, focus, POV/OOF, composition of branch with lichens excellent. Greeting,
best wishes
Ahmet

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• eqshannon (31141)
• [2008-05-10 19:35]

I was on this wonderful addition early today US when my wife entered the room and asked to got out for a ride...so I obliged and lost this one until now..but to make notice and not to be late...it is a fain image of course. Coming from a master of the world..sounds like an action video game..but much different in the case of a well educated and traveled soul!
Bob

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• CeltickRanger (37400)
• [2008-05-10 20:14]

hello James

beautiful image of this Kingfisher with fine POV and DOF,
lovely colours of the bird, excellent sharpness and details, TFS

Asbed

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• Dis. Ac. (24509)
• [2008-05-10 23:46]

Hello James,

Good pose and nicely captured these kingfisher.
Gert

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• gracious (13068)
• [2008-05-11 0:07]

Hello James,
very good pose of the Kingfisher in good closeness!
very sharp with wonderful colour and superb details
well done
cheers
Tony

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• haraprasan (20403)
• [2008-05-11 0:42]

Hi James,
A nice capture of this beautiful pygmy kingfisher. Excellent composition and sharp details. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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• Royaldevon (4229)
• [2008-05-11 2:38]

Hello James,

This is a new bird for me!
I find it amusing that it is called a kingfisher when it eats insects!

The images are very sharp and detailed despite the severe cropping! He appears to have very protruding eyes!

Lovely composition with the diagonal, lichen covered branch.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)
many thanks for your warm comments on 'The emerging sun'

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• uleko (10940)
• [2008-05-11 9:59]

Hello James,
This is a real jewel very well captured. You were indeed lucky to get this shot - it is fabulous! I like its pose on the branch and its colours are really striking. Great focus and sharp details too and very well composed.
Many thanks,Ulla

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• cicindela (9226)
• [2008-05-11 14:32]

Hello James!
This time a bird picture :)
This is a lovely species, very colourful and beauty. I like the way you presened it: a frontal view with a little "profile" :)
Very nice work :)
By the way, I just noted in your intro (sorry, probably it was written long time ago, but I overlooked it before), that you have visited almost 140 coutries! WOW! This is very impressive :) But I really with you to see the other ones :)
Best greetings and thank you for showing - not only this picture :)
Radomir

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• albert (2971)
• [2008-05-12 4:31]

Hello James,
Despite of the strong cropping you stil get a very good picture
Well done
Albert

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• Adanac (21378)
• [2008-05-12 19:04]

Hello James,
What a splendid image of a species I have not seen before. Thank you for that and the great note.
Rick