KINGFISHER MORNING

[douglas hayes]

Active Kingfisher at Oregon coast-a wary bird i snuck up on through the pines.

HH MKIV 500MM+ 1.4III 1/500 6.3 800 -2/3

[Henry Domke]

I've never been able to sneak up on Kingfishers. Wonderful that you got so close!
The warm background looks good behind this blue bird.
The image has the full tonal range, you pushed it right to the edge but not over; you've got white whites and black blacks but nothing clipped.
I think some might suggest darkening the perch a bit. Perhaps that would help but I'm not sure.

[Andrew Merwin]

Great BG; I like the perch; Excellent techs. I wish I could see the kingfisher's crest.

[douglas hayes]

HENRY-yes i worked on the perch. however was not satisfied with results-will work on it again. thanks

[Loi Nguyen]

Doug, I think this is an excellent image of a KF. These guys are small and I don't know how you could :sneak up" on one on foot. Good field craft here. IQ is great, sharp, detail. I think the image is a little dark overall and may benefit from a slight boost of the mid tone. The underwing is just a little bit greyish. I don't know this species well to comment on accuracy of colors, but you might want to see if there is a slight blue color cast on the underwing. I'm OK with the perch. TFS. Loi

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent light, BG and the perch isn't bad either. what a handsome kingfisher. I only wish his head was slightly turned towards us

TFS

[Karl Egressy]

I really like this bird and your capture is beautiful.

[Marina Scarr]

Pretty good job sneaking up on this little devil...my nemesis bird!!! Lovely details, light and BG. Would darken the perch a little and remove the blue cast from the underwing. Great details!