FOCOUS …….

[Ritesh Nangare]

Blue Eared Kingfisher,
Chiplun, Maharashtra
June 2014.
Some times the pray is more important then the Predator…. That’s what I think.


Canon 1Dx.
Canon 500mm +1.4 TC,
iso-800,
F/5.6,
SS 1/25,
focal lenth-700mm
Enjoy……

[gail bisson]

Hi Ritesh,
This image is not working for me at all.
The OOF bird looms much to large for my taste.
Too bad you were not positioned 90 degrees to the left or right for a side on view of fish and head (and all within DOF)
Gail

[Ritesh Nangare]

Hi Ritesh,
This image is not working for me at all.
The OOF bird looms much to large for my taste.
Too bad you were not positioned 90 degrees to the left or right for a side on view of fish and head (and all within DOF)
Gail

Hi Gail ,

Thanks for your response ... i appreciated your views,
i have lot of images of this bird with side view, side view both sides,with pray, without pray.....
i already posted some of them and some will post in feature ..
i want to show case only pray fish here thats why i post this image here....
In this frame the bird is too close to us, and for every session you get only 5 to 10 sec when the bird is no parch before approach to nesting site....

Regds,
Ritesh.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Dear Ritesh,

I had a few thoughts while viewing this image, which I feel would work for me rather well, but under certain conditions. I do like the emphasis on the catch rather than the bird, but IMO there are a few issues:
- You had not enough shutter speed, therefore the main focus in this frame - the little fish - is not in focus (unsharp)
- The bird is too prominent and its blue feathers are too "strong", I would have reduced the saturation a bit.
I do like the idea behind this frame. You just have to think a bit more about the technical aspects of this kind of shot when such opportunity presents again. The fish is your main subject and he must really "pop" in the frame, so to speak.

Thank you so much for sharing, I appreciate it. Looking forward to more!

Kind regards,

[Diane Miller]

Good points by Gabriella. In addition, cropping some from the bottom and right would put more emphasis on the fish. It is a fun idea to play with!

[arash_hazeghi]

Hi Ritesh this would work for me if the KF was in focus. But as is it isn't working for me. The only way to get both of them in focus here is a composite of two shots one focused on the fish and the other focused on the KF

[Arthur Morris]

I'll be the off man out here. I find this image different and interesting with the focus on the fish. And the fish looks pretty sharp (as expected with that gear) at 1/1225 sec.

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[Steve Kaluski]

And the fish looks pretty sharp (as expected with that gear) at 1/1225 sec.

Artie, the Techs say 1/25 SS, which is ridiculously slow, Ritesh why don't you up the ISO, don't fall into the trap of slow SS & ISO, especially with that body. I doubt the RAW is actually that sharp.

[Arthur Morris]

Artie, the Techs say 1/25 SS, which is ridiculously slow, Ritesh why don't you up the ISO, don't fall into the trap of slow SS & ISO, especially with that body. I doubt the RAW is actually that sharp.

Thanks Steve, That's what I read the first time. IAC, as presented, the fish looks pretty darned sharp to me.

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