Could shoot a nice serie of this juvenile Kingfisher, the whole serie is on: www.ltdphoto.com
exif: iso 200, 1/500, F8, -0.7
Could shoot a nice serie of this juvenile Kingfisher, the whole serie is on: www.ltdphoto.com
exif: iso 200, 1/500, F8, -0.7
Last edited by Lesley van Loo; 07-02-2008 at 10:27 AM.
Very well done. I like the composition, pose, and head angle. Good clean background. This is very minor (but I tried it in PhotoShop and I felt that it improved the image), I'd consider toning down the perch a little bit. At its current level of brightness it competes with your subject. Just my opinion ;)
Great light, details, iridescence, eye contact and BG. I might put the bird a little bit further to the right in the frame, but not much. Thanks for sharing!
I agree with you Blake, but I didn't know how to do that to the tree alone, so tips are welcome :-)
oh, and ofcourse this is a kingfisher without prey, couldn't change the title on the gallerypage
Last edited by Lesley van Loo; 07-02-2008 at 11:11 AM.
Gorgeous bird, nice look back pose, and excellent detail !
Might like to see the bird just a tad further up in the frame.
Such a nice bird and such an ugly perch; I could not resist...
#1: Did you set this perch up???
#2: Used several QMs to get rid of the extra piece of the perch...
#3: Used a QM to lengthen the branch (plus some Patch Tool work to eliminate tell-tale duplication).
#3A: (left out the most important part on my first try): painted a QM of the lengthened branch. Put it on its own layer. Multiplied that layer. Reduced the opacity to 80%. Bingo: branch darkened.
#4: Used a QM to lighten the iris, and anothe to lighten the face.
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Hello Arthur,
thanks for your revision.
No I didn't set up the perch, someone else did, if I should set up a perch I would have chosen a better one, not so bright and one that didn't have that broken perch on the side.
the iris is a bit to bright for me, in real live you would never see it like that with this bird.
thanks again.
kind regards Lesley
I'm not a big fan of the eye or face adjustment, but improving the perch is a great idea.
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