Malachite King Fisher, Tarangire [Archive] - BirdPhotographers.net

Loi Nguyen

06-28-2013, 09:47 AM

This is my first image posted from Africa. We are on a 16 day safari in Kenya and Tazania. I did not have many bird images, but of the few that I got, they are almost full frame. Taken from a safari vehicle.

1DX
500f4 II + 1.4X III
1/500
f5.6
ISO-400
Manual Exposure
Evalutive Metering, 0 EV
BLUBB bean bag
Removed one distracting branch.

We still have 2 more days, so appreciate your feedback.

Thank you!

Loi

Stu Bowie

06-28-2013, 10:27 AM

Hi Loi, great sighting, and nicely in the open. The pose shows off the colours very well, and against a good smooth BG. If you have already removed a distracting branch, I would remove the lower one too.

Im afraid this is not a Malachite, but a Grey headed kingfisher. :w3

MohsenVahedipour

06-28-2013, 02:13 PM

Excellent light & IQ. Great BG. Wish for a version without that OOF branch.

Melissa Groo

06-28-2013, 06:55 PM

Wonderful portrait of this kingfisher, Loi. How awesome that it's (almost) full frame. The background colors are very nice, the light is soft, and you have great detail. I see what people mean about the out of focus branch, but it doesn't bother me all that much.

Diane Miller

06-28-2013, 07:06 PM

Beautiful detail and BG. The OOF branch isn't a problem for me, but easy enough to remove so I probably would if it were mine.

The in-focus areas (head and near part of the perch) look a little over-sharpened to me.

Have a great rest of the trip!

Loi Nguyen

06-28-2013, 10:16 PM

Thank you all for your comments and feedback.

As regard to the OOF branh, normally I'd not remove branches, but you are right, once I removed one branch, I should just remove the OOF one as well.

Diane, agreed with you that the image was overhapened. The original was pretty sharp, so when I applied my normal sharpeningparameters, it beame overshapened. Here in the RP, I knocked the sharpening way down. Hope you like it better.

Stuart, thanks for pointing out that this is a Grey Headed King Fisher, not a Malachite.

Loi

Dudley Watson

06-28-2013, 10:53 PM

I really like your repost. Well done

Allen Sparks

06-29-2013, 12:16 AM

Hi Loi, I will echo all the positive comments above. Really like the repost with the oof branch removed. - Allen

Frank Schauf

06-29-2013, 12:54 AM

Excellent details, love the perch, great pose, very nice background, and nice light.

Satish Ranadive

06-29-2013, 01:15 AM

Excellent image of kingfisher with beautiful colors and great details.
Love the pose,colors, perch and beautiful composition in re post.

Regards,
Satish.

Girish Prahalad

06-29-2013, 02:00 AM

lovely portrait Loi. I too prefer the repost. Details, pose, perch, colors & BG looks great.
Hope to see many more from your Africa visit.

mohammad reza shahab

06-29-2013, 03:34 AM

Excellent pose,perch,colors and beautiful composition .

Jeannean Ryman

06-29-2013, 05:42 AM

Very nice repost Loi. I think removing the OOF branch and less sharpening makes the image stronger. Enjoy the rest of your trip and will be looking forward to seeing more!

Miguel Palaviccini

06-29-2013, 08:02 AM

Loi, the repost does it for me!

vishaljadhav

06-29-2013, 01:36 PM

Loi a nice image , the RP enhances the already lovely image
the details are nice, sweet BG and a good looking Kingfisher

arash_hazeghi

06-29-2013, 07:24 PM

excellent pose and details, nice BG. I like the repost but it shows some clone artifacts that should be easy to remove.

Troy Lim

07-01-2013, 09:00 PM

Repost is awesome except a few spots that can be easily fixed.

Loi Nguyen

07-04-2013, 09:40 AM

Thanks again everyone for your comments. I cleaned up the image a little bit and cropped a little tighter as well. I'm back late last night and will need to catch up. There have been so many excellent images posted here the past 3 weeks!!!

Loi