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    We don't do very well for kingfishers in North America; essentially we have one species- the Belted Kingfisher. This is an image of a female created in the Sackville Waterfowl Park today. What we lose in species diversity, we make up by having a spectacular, large representative of the family. Kingfishers are very weary here and they have been a nemesis bird for me in a way. I was not close enough to this one either, but I was pleased that the image was sharp and so I could crop. I'm afraid the white neck band was blown some so I repaired (should have used -1/3 or -2/3 compensation?). I also removed a few branches from around the legs of the bird. Hope you like.

    40D, 500mm f4, 1.4x tc = 700mm effective FL
    capture date: Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:40:41 PM
    exposure program: Aperture Priority
    ISO speed: 400
    shutter speed: 1/500
    aperture: f6.3
    exposure bias: +0.0
    flash: ON - Beamer, ETTL, no compensation, FP synch

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    Wonderful COMP. Love the spray of leaves. All in all, too wishy-washy with levels and contrast...
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    John,
    Great image of the Kingfisher. Can you bring the whites back a little and see if there is any detail.

    Love the green BG.

    Bill

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    Great pose and composition, Artie's repost makes it shine.

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    Wonderful, and unusual, pose. I doo think the repost makes it pop. I like the perch.

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    Great eye contact and the nice green leaves are a big plus.

    I do like the additional pop in the repost.

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    Arthur´s version is very good. This image needed that sat. boost. Great subject.

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    very nice John., Artie did a nice job on the contrast., if you have more room on the bottom, I would suggest a vertical crop.

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    Thanks for all the good comments and to Artie for the improved repost. I knew I had some pure blacks and pure whites in the image so I didn't think about adjusting Levels or Curves for fear of making it worse. I also got caught up in the soft light in the image. I saw the bird back in the same place the next day so I might give it another try.

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