White Breasted Kingfisher.

[Satish Ranadive]

Image was crated today morning..
Basic editing. Cropped for composition. NR applied to BG. Sharpened the kingfisher selectively except feathers on the shoulders.
Eye and part of head just below the eye brighten.

ISO: 400, 1/400 @6.3. Spot metering. Manual settings.
Canon 550D 100-400 mm.

Thanks for viewing, critiques and comments,
Kind Regards,
Satish.

[christopher galeski]

Nice image Satish,like the pose,if mine would sharpen the eye a bit more.TFS.

[shane shacaluga]

Lovely colours a good pose Satish. It seems you have missed the critical focus on the eye and its focused on the beautiful turquoise feathers!

Not sure if that can be fixed with some selective sharpening

TFS

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent pose and details, Satish.

[Dave Johnson]

I like the 'over the shoulder' pose you captured Satish. It looks as though there's some motion blur/softness on the head and beak. Good effort.

[Karl Egressy]

Striking image, Satish. Nice pose, light and details.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the look back pose, colorful bird and BG. Nice image Satish.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you every body for your kind comments and feed back.

Regards,
Satish.

[Satish Ranadive]

It seems you have missed the critical focus on the eye.
TFS

Shane, thanks for the feed back. Focus is next to eye including rim of the eye. I will check, what I can do.
I have just serviced and calibrated the lens from CANON centre.

Regards,
Satish.