Kingfisher

[Mike Poole]

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Another from this season. We don't get much more colour than these in England, so they're always a popular subject

Canon 1d3, 300mm f4, ISO 200, 1/125th,f4, about 90% of the original frame

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent image Mike. Perfect lookback pose. Nice DOF has rendered everything sharply in focus. Very nice of this bird to pose with the fish. Nice clean bg.
I'd darken the bright parts of the perch, especially to the right of the bird. I'd probably evict the broken off branches on the perch especially on the bottom left.
What a gorgeous bird!

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular image of beautiful kingfisher. Very nice look back pose ,tack sharp with lovely colors, fish is bonus and sweet BG.
Agree with Sidharth about toning down the bright perch.

Regards,
Satish.

[William Dickson]

Lovely :S3: Well done Mike

[keith mitchell]

A classic neat Kingfisher image on a good clean BG Mike, don't think I would change a thing, very nice indeed.

Cheers Keith.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Beautiful image of the KF Mike! Great colors, detail and sharpness.

[John Robinson]

Always a popular subject Mike. They are all on second broods around here! I think I would darken the whole image a little- especially the perch and brightest parts on the birds back. On a personal not I like a bit of habitat indication in the back but not always possible.
Cheers
John

[Ashley Cohen]

Excellent image Mike. Perfect lookback pose. Nice DOF has rendered everything sharply in focus. Very nice of this bird to pose with the fish. Nice clean bg.
I'd darken the bright parts of the perch, especially to the right of the bird. I'd probably evict the broken off branches on the perch especially on the bottom left.
What a gorgeous bird!

Quite agree with those comments. Image is sharp in a great way and wonderful colours.

[Randy Stout]

Mike:

Lovely bird, agree with the folks about toning down the perch a bit.

I like the birds position in the frame and the angled perch.

Cheers

Randy

[Karl Egressy]

It is always nice to see this bird posted. Excellent looking back pose and the fish in the beak is a big bonus.

[Ivan Ellison]

A classic over the shoulder pose. Nice sharp detail to this one. Agree re toning down the highlights on perch. You look set for hours of fun with these birds and changes of perch should get the perfect image.

[David Salem]

Beautiful frame. Great looking pose with the fish and the colors of the KF against that smooth green BG really makes the bird pop. Very nice.

[stuart wanuck]

Love the detail

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Mike, lovely angled pose showing off his catch, and the colours are spot on. Good DOF for F/4, and the smooth clean BG works well.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Mike , yes we do not have that many colorful birds over here or there where you live , but then comes this beauty into play .

Like the over the shoulder look and the fish is a nice bonus , lovely colors and pleasing BKG. I would think about toning down the bright area on the RHS perch , if this was mine.

TFS Andreas

[Mike Poole]

Thanks everybody for the comments. I'll take a look at the perch before I get it printed out.