The big catch

[Piotr Shpakowski]

Kingfisher with really big fish.Square crop from horizontal image.Bulgaria.EOS 1D Mark 2N +EF 300\4.Best regards ,Piotr.

[Fabs Forns]

That is one ambitious KF! Nice and sharp in the eyes, wish the fish' eye was a little sharper, maybe you can do a selective sharpening.
There is a bit of noise in the BG and something glowing in the feet.

Nice detail in the plumage. Did you take many or did he go away fast?

[Doug Brown]

That's a pretty good sized fish for that little bird! I like the placement of the bird in the center of the frame because of both the perch and the fact that it's staring right at you. I'd like to see a little more DOF. I'm not sure what aperture you were using; it'd help if you'd post complete tech specs on your photos. As Fabs pointed out, selective sharpening may help.

[Robert O'Toole]

Piotr,

Nice catch!

The plane of focus is perfectly nailed, great job. Nice soft light and the BG is nice and smooth, although Fabs is right, I would run some NR.

I would crop some off the bottom, the perch isnt really too important or interesting.

Robert

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Nice capture of the catch and I agree with Fabs regarding the selective sharpening and yes, please post the complete techs.

[Piotr Shpakowski]

Excuse me ,I forgot to put this information
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/320
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
ISO Speed 640
The fish's eye is on the edge of the focus line. There is no serious post processing.Just levels correction and general unsharp mask.I forgot to reduce noise in BG too.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Love it, sepcially the perch! Great shot, BG, light, colours, moment, all is excellent!cv Congratualtions!