Malichite Dive

[Vivaldo Damilano]

D4 600vr 1/3200s at f8 ISO1000 -0.7 EV.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Simply Beautiful! TFS

[gail bisson]

You are showing off your excellent hand/eye skills here! A very difficult shot to get.
Good comp, light, BG and IQ.
Well done,
Gail

[Frank Schauf]

A great dynamic image, congratulations.

[Robert Kimbrell]

I keep loving your work on these colorful guys, Will you share how you are processing the background,

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Vivaldo! I like the diving pose, sharpness, complimentary colours and composition.

[dankearl]

Wow.
Killer pose and color.
I would run another round of NR on the BG.
Excellent flight photo!

[David Salem]

Very nice diving shot Vivaldo. Great color and the exposure and the detail is wonderful. Nice BB too. Very well done!!

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Hi Robert, I normally use Lab colour instead of RGB to add saturation, using curves in the A and B channels. In these channels will do a z curve in both the A and B channels and then use opacity slider to taste. I then use surface blur to remove noise and it also help smooth out the BG nicely. My setting for surface blur are radius 11 and threshold 3. Hope this helps.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Thanks everyone for commenting it's appreciated :S3:

[christopher galeski]

well done to get this,nice colors,love the BG,sharp with good detail.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent diving pose you have captured,Vivaldo. Wonderful colors,great HA, open beak and details.
Love the complimentary blue colors of backdrop.

Regards,
Satish.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the diving action and the colourfully mottled background. Did you add or enhance the catchlight in post?

[Karl Egressy]

Nice sharp darting down pose, well done.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Viv, excellent timing on this tiny jewel, and what a killer colourful BG. Nice and sharp, and the colours on the MK are spot on. Very well captured.

I presume these arent from Marievale. :w3

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Hi Daniel, I used the dodge tool here and added catchlight. Stu these were taken at Zibulo Colliery near Ogies. They have two small hides there.

[Stu Bowie]

Stu these were taken at Zibulo Colliery near Ogies. They have two small hides there.

Thanks for the feedback Viv. Are the perches close to the hides.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

The perches are close Stu, you will have no problem getting a few good shot :S3: