Kingfisher

[Rich Steel]

Hi

A photo taken during this week under the usual grey UK skies!! They are such beautiful birds and it certainly brightened a gloomy day



Photographed from a public hide using a 1Dmk3 and 500mm lens and 1.4TC supported on a beanbag.

Taken at ISO 400 F5.6 and 1/250s with evaluative metering.

Cheers

Rich

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great details and head turn. I might increase the saturation a bit and tone down the highlights of the perch.

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely shot, Rich. Agree with Axel re toning down the perch and would try and lighten the eye area a little. Beautiful light , colours and pose

[Raymond Barlow]

beautiful shot., I sure hope I have a chance like this next spring when I visit UK., what a beautiful bird.

[Ramon M. Casares]

With just a little, very little bit of S&H (shadows and Highlights) in Ps and a bit of saturation, this image changes for best drastically, still as is, is just outstanding, BG, compo, sharpness, all is verry nice! Congratulations!

[Simon Bennett]

Good pose and eye contact.

[Linda Robbins]

This beautiful bird would brighten any day! Lovely pose and sharp detail. Beautiful color! Agree with the suggestions of toning down the bright areas on the perch and brightening the eye area. I would like to see the bird a bit lower in the frame. Still, a very nice image, and one I would love to have in my files!

[Paul Pagano]

Beautiful bird and nice pose/eye contact. It seems like the overall image could be brighter on my monitor. Could be me.

[Rich Steel]

Many thanks for your comments and suggestions, appreciated as always.

Cheers

Rich

[Sudhir Shivaram]

It's always a pleasure to see this little jewel. Excellent details and colours.