This liitle Kingfisher was a ferocious hunter spending no more than a minute at a time perched looking for prey.
1DX - 800L f/5.6 - ISO400 - 1/640 - +1EV (was overcast) - Hand held
50% crop and resized - ARC sharpening with custom preset pping.
Forest Kingfisher
This liitle Kingfisher was a ferocious hunter spending no more than a minute at a time perched looking for prey.
1DX - 800L f/5.6 - ISO400 - 1/640 - +1EV (was overcast) - Hand held
50% crop and resized - ARC sharpening with custom preset pping.
What a stunning bird. The whites and blues on it are shimmering. I like the one raised foot and the cobweb. I would burn the perch a little bit. It's so bright that it does tend to draw attention away from your bird. You have a lovely BG here. I wonder what your original image looked like b/c I am wondering what your cropping options were. It's not that I do not like this one, but I have a feeling there may be a better crop available. Well done.
Beautiful Perch, Light, bkgr & inquisitive pose of the bird. The perch is a tad bright for my taste, I would have tried to tone it down in the post.
I like the way it is looking down into the water scanning for prey. Neat perch, albeit a bit light as pointed out, and you have a wonderful BG. I could see this as a true vertical, but like Marinaq mentions there are probably a few options for it.
I love Kingfishers and this is a very nice one. Nice pose and perch and excellent details in the white and dark as well.
Gorgeous bird.
I like the spider web and the vertical comp.
Great BG and agree with all of Marina's suggestions!
Gail
Wonderful capture! I would have liked to see this with a larger aspect ratio, possibly with more room at the bottom and the bird closet to the top - taking a bit off the left.
What lovely species! I like the perch, BG & pose. Agree with above comments about the composition.
Here's the original resized so heaps of room for any crop that takes your fancy.
Richard
OMG !!! I could have never guessed this is such a HUGE crop! The 1DX looks like an amazing device!!
Wow, what a crop! I'm amazed at the detail!
Very nice image good detail and colours.
Excellent pose and details, Richard.
And that's why Marina people need to move on from worrying about going to full frame from a 1.3 copped sensor, if your gears up to it it's not a problem.
Richard
Originally Posted by Marina Scarr
Richard,
You could never have guessed that this was such a gigantic crop, the OP is of amazing quality!
Hope mine works as well as yours
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