Bird Photo Competition 4 2017 : Entry Number 64

Here the photographer has not only timed the Kingfisher's dive to perfection, but has also used a combination of flash and natural light to provide both frozen and blurred depictions of the subject at the same time.

Lot of work to achieve this... The backlight is made by the sun, this picture is made by a huge underexposure and slow speed (1/80sec). With this speed we can see the movement of the bird. To make the sharpness, 4 flashes were used at 1/16 power to make a high speed flash (1/6600 sec !!!) Lot of tries to succeed this !