Belted Kingfisher.

[Karl Egressy]

I beleive I haven't posted this image here yet.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D M IV
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS Canon 2.0x TC
ISO 1600
Manuall Setting
f 8.0
1/250 s

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Karl- very nice pose and capture. The bg is very clean and helps the kingfisher jump out a bit. However, I find the overall image to be quite soft. Did you apply any output sharpening?

[PhilCook]

Like the uncluttered composition and silky smooth backdrop, like the slightly open beak too....a tad soft as suggested by Miguel and I would suggest a slight darkening of the eye as it looks a little flat and opaque, a couple of minor tweaks in PS would make this very good indeed.

[arash_hazeghi]

this one came out a bit too soft, especially in the head area. The shutter speed was way too low for 1000mm but there wasn't much you could have done here.

[gail bisson]

How do you get so close to these guys?
Lovely soft light.
Agree about bird being soft. Did you forget to sharpen?
Gail

[Karl Egressy]

How do you get so close to these guys?
Lovely soft light.
Agree about bird being soft. Did you forget to sharpen?
Gail

Thanks, Gail.
I wasn't too close, that's why I elected to switch to 2x converter.
Sharpening? I'm not sure. I will look into again.

[Neil Nourse]

I have been playing with one of these myself lately. Beautiful background. It does seem a bit soft and I am wondering if the focal point might have been on the wing?
Hope you get another chance with this guy and can get a higher SS.

Neil