Kingfisher

[Jeroen Stel]

A "common" Kingfisher this time and shot in my own country (The Netherlands) instead of in Southern Africa like my last post..
These beauties have been a project for me that's been running for over 10 years now and with the harsh winters we have had over the past few years their numbers are declining. In 2009 we had approx. 1200 of them in our small country and this year numbers will most likely be around 100-200 of them so let's hope i will be able to find me another pair to follow this Spring..

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel


Canon Eos 1D Mark IV
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: F 5.6
Exposure mode: M
Exposure compensation: - 2/3
Flash:No
Flash exposure compensation:
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Servo (in AF-On modus)
ISO: 400
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod from hide
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS6

[Karl Egressy]

Beautiful perch and nice head turn and eye contact. The blurred wings add interst.

[gail bisson]

I like the colors and the IQ. I like where the bird is positioned in the frame.
I am not sure about the perch. I think it is lovely but competes with the bird a bit too much. I also wish that the right side of the perch wasn't cut off so bluntly.
The wing blur is interesting because it has a strobe like effect.
Gail

[adrian dancy]

A superb image...the wing movement makes this for me as well as the IQ and design though a bit more room for the bird would improve the image.

[PhilCook]

Liking the wing blur to add life to the image but good detail and sharpness elsewhere. Interesting perch, but it does detract from the main subject a little , I think also this one could do with a bit more space all round, brown backdrop sets this image off nicely contrasting well with the bird

[Frank Schauf]

A great dynamic image, congratulations.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Pretty cool. The blur of the wings makes this very interesting for me. The head and body are nice and sharp and the perch is very cool.

[arash_hazeghi]

this is beautiful Jeroen love the wing blur. my only suggestion is to get rid of the frame and post a bit larger (1024) to show the details better, a beautiful photo does not need the distraction of a frame :)


well done, TFS