Azure kingfisher

[Mervyn Marsh]

Species
Common Name. Azure Kingfisher
Scientific Name. Ceyx azureus

Date 29/7/2015

Location Goldcoast

Camera Details
Brand/Model. 1dx
Lens. Canon 500mm mk ii, 1.4x iii

Camera Settings
ISO. 1250
F-Stop. 14
Shutter Speed. 1/400
Exposure Bias/Metering/Flash. -1/3,evaluative

Technique Hand held, chasing the little fisher around the rocks trying to get a shot
Attraction Aides

Post Production sharpen, slight contrast. small crop

[Grace Scalzo]

Beautiful image, Mervyn. The flash looks very natural to me and I love the perch. I like the space on the right for him to look in to , but there's so much of it that the image feels unbalanced to me. Of course, this is subjective.

[Tony Whitehead]

Great little Azure, Mervyn. I have had fun chasing these up the Daintree but have nothing as beautiful as yours. Nice use of flash and I like your composition. I wonder about a little more localised midtone contrast on the bird. The perch is great and I like the warm tones in it that echo the colour of the breast.

[Karl Egressy]

Although the light direction was not your friend on this image, I like the colors.