I went to Moss Landing at sunrise on Friday. After I got done with the sea otters I wondered over to the slough and found this belted kingfisher. I've only seen them a couple of times and they have always flown off as soon as I've showed any interest. This one and its mate were too busy to worry about me.
Thank you all. I really struggled with editing these. The birds were mostly backlit and I had a hard time bringing out the details in their dark feathers and eyes without blowing out the lighter areas. I actually shot these at +2 EV because the sky was so bright compared to the subject.
