John Chardine
07-20-2008, 04:06 PM
We don't do very well for kingfishers in North America; essentially we have one species- the Belted Kingfisher. This is an image of a female created in the Sackville Waterfowl Park today. What we lose in species diversity, we make up by having a spectacular, large representative of the family. Kingfishers are very weary here and they have been a nemesis bird for me in a way. I was not close enough to this one either, but I was pleased that the image was sharp and so I could crop. I'm afraid the white neck band was blown some so I repaired (should have used -1/3 or -2/3 compensation?). I also removed a few branches from around the legs of the bird. Hope you like.
40D, 500mm f4, 1.4x tc = 700mm effective FL
capture date: Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:40:41 PM
exposure program: Aperture Priority
ISO speed: 400
shutter speed: 1/500
aperture: f6.3
exposure bias: +0.0
flash: ON - Beamer, ETTL, no compensation, FP synch
40D, 500mm f4, 1.4x tc = 700mm effective FL
capture date: Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:40:41 PM
exposure program: Aperture Priority
ISO speed: 400
shutter speed: 1/500
aperture: f6.3
exposure bias: +0.0
flash: ON - Beamer, ETTL, no compensation, FP synch