Open mouth in open beak

Its one of my favored, the look of two of them straith to the lense

makes its to me, Happy to hear your opinion and your critique!

very very impresed image..(one side happy another side fear).....you catch the mood of the fish& bird.

 

 

regards

 

 

jaya

Great catch! I'm sure the kingfisher felt the same way.

This is the best catch i ever saw.

Very Nice! 7's in my book

Je suis 魵 devant une telle photo !!

 

incroyable travaille !!

Wonderfull shot, timing timing..Colors and details of the wing, Bravo

Excellent work, my friend!!!!!!!

si !!!! fantastica !!!! comlimenti

Nice capture, well seen and presented.

I love it! It's so cute!

Excellent capture Ilia, congratulations, Best regards, http://www.hectorbrandan.com/images/brandan-photographer.gif

Excellent work, my friend!!!!!!!

Super magnifica, belleza de encuadre y perfecto color y composicion, un cordial saludo ILIA.

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double whammy here, all elements considered you have transformed just a picture to something extraordinary. well done

ausgezeichnet!

To see them both with ther mouth wide open makes the shot for me and together with the excellent composition and most wonderful details and colors, I only can rate this very beautiful image with a 7/7. Best regards, Harry

Excellent!!

Terrific shot. Congratulations. 7-7

It is really awasome image with rich colors,great composition and timings.congratulations in deed

Excellent capture Ilia, a very well captured moment.

 

Regards

Terry.

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Exciting moment, beautiful colors and light, perfectly captured. Congrats, Ilia.

 

I think this photo makes a good point about composition. The point of highest contrast in the image is the branch that juts out at us near the bottom of the photo. It keeps drawing my eyes like a magnet. I wonder whether someone with PHotoshop skills better than mine could reduce the contrast in that area of the image, thereby turning a great image into a "perfect" one. Still, it's superb, as is.

Hi,

 

Nice photo!

 

This is a female Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis). This species can be found from western Europe east through SE Asia (including Borneo). It is a migrant from parts of Europe through the Middle East (to Africa), and probably from parts of Asia to southern Asia. I have photographed them in Israel and Borneo, and seen them in mainalnd Malaysia as well. It is a female because the lower mandible (beak) is partially orange/red. Males have all dark beaks.

 

Apologies, I cannot be of much help with the ID of the fish.

 

rdc/nyc

Stunning capture. It does not get better than this. This is the rare and elusive perfect shot. Congrats!