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This was taken in the Pilanesberg Nature Reserve, 180kms north of Johannesburg. This hide is always active with Pied Kingfishers, and on a good day, one can capture all sorts of images. I was lucky to get three of them together, and they were making a racket, thus with all their beaks open.
Canon 50D
100-400 L IS USM @ 160mm
1/500
F/6.3
ISO 500
Exp comp +0.33
http://i583.photobucket.com/albums/s...MG_5181bpn.jpg
Pretty cool to see three in the frame. I also like the perch, composition and BG. There is a pretty strong magenta cast.
Very cool, indeed !
Pano crop works well.
Biggest "problem" with this image will be convincing people that
"No, I didn't do it in Photoshop". :)
Axel, Mike, thanks very much.
Axel, I agree, there seems to be a magenta cast, although part of the BG below the perch has that colour. I did perhaps overdo it. Here is my repost
http://i583.photobucket.com/albums/s...G_5181bpn1.jpg
Repost looks better IMO, great image BTW, lovely BG, great poses, nice perch and crop. COngratulations!
Very nice.
I like the repost and think it was an improvement.
Maybe do something with the bright spot in the back ground at top of branch as it is distracting.
Repost is a step in the right direction, but there is still quite a cast showing. Try selectively desaturating the magenta channel in Hue/Saturation. Too bad about the middle bird's head angle - that would have been too sweet having three perfect head angles!
Stuart, Really nice to see three in one image-I still struggle for one! I still see a slight cast. The BG colors are fantastic! Well done!!
Stuart -
RE: color cast
In CS3 go Adjustment Layer Color Balance
Three sliders there take Cyan Red to -5
Magenta Green 0
Yellow Blue -20
you can play with those # a bit
http://upload.pbase.com/image/110904206/original.jpg
Thank you all so much for the positive feedback, and input. I appreciate it.
