Pied Kingfisher

[gail bisson]

Canon 1 DX
1.4X converter
ISO 500 SS 1/2500
F 5.6
Settings are a bit wonky and I don't know what I was doing. i should have been at 7.1 and 1/1600 but i got away with DOF.
Finally a clean BG!!
PP Crop to 80% FF,and usual LR sliders NR to BG, levels, some poo cleanup and cloned out a second catchlight , DE to bird at 2%, USM to JPEG
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail

[Enrique Patino]

fantastic image Gail.

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Great shot with perfect sharpness & detail, Gail! Nothing wrong with your DOF here IMHO. In fact I think the f/5.6 was a blessing in disguise, giving you this perfectly soft BG. Nice one!

[christopher galeski]

nice one,good BG and perch,nice pose and detail.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, you didnt have to visit Pilanesberg to get your Kingfishers, Botswana was kind to you. Lovely angled pose and HA, and you nailed the exposure on this female. I do like that OOF BG, makes the KF pop nicely.

[keith mitchell]

Gail must admit I can't see where your wonky settings affected this,it all looks excellent to me.

Keith.

[Raybel Robles]

This is beautiful. I don't mind the limited DOF here, as the bird is sharp from head to tail.

[Bill Dix]

Just lovely. The bird is sharp as a tack, with great detail. Head turn is perfect. What I really love is the way the green BG sets off the B&W bird. I assume this was a 600?

[Karl Egressy]

Cool looking bird, excellent pose and IQ, Gail.

[shane shacaluga]

Nice one Gail, plenty of details in both blacks and whites. Bird is sharp and smooth BG is superb

Lens info seems to have gone missing from your techs

TFS

[stuart wanuck]

lovely image gail and great bg

[David Salem]

It all came together nicely on this one Gail. Perfect pose, nice details and exposure, great looking perch and a nice smooth varied BG. Great capture.

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice frame Gail. I like the head turn and the BG