kingfisher uk

[ken broadmore]

hi my first post here taken with my newly acquired 500mm f4, shot taken from a hide at a local nature reserve.

canon mk3
500mm + 1.4 tc @ 700mm
1/200 @ f8
iso 200

thanks for looking.

ken.

[Jerry van Dijk]

And what a post it is! I love the colors you captured here, both on the bird and the BG. I'm wondering if your image would even been better if you would have had a different angle on the bird and the perch.
Welcome to the forum!
- Jerry -

[Julie Kenward]

Beautiful image, Ken! You got a nice BG and good detail in the feathers. A head-on image would have been even better but this is really delightful as is.

[Cheryl Flory]

Welcome, Ken! This is a great site and you will be able to learn a great deal here from fabulous people!
Ahhh, wonderful color and detail in the feathers and great out of focus background. It looks like your point of focus might have been on the body instead of the face/eye. Can you try to selectively sharpen or contrast the eye some more? On my monitor the white below the chin looks overexposed. But that could be my monitor too.

great image of a bird which i hear is difficult to capture. I am looking forward to seeing more of your images.

[ken broadmore]

thanks for the welcome jerry unfortunately this is a public hide and you are a bit restricted, however i do have some others on a different perch.

[Chris Hansen]

Ken,
What a beautiful bird. You did a fine job with that new lens of yours. Keep up the good work.

God's blessing on you and your photgraphy,

Chris

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Ken,
A big welcome to the BPN family.
I like your composition. You have excellent color rendition with very sharp details; head angle and eye contact are good. I like the berch and the background pale geen color. Suggestion; I would diffuse the white zig zag band on the right hand side of the frame, its catching my eye and this takes the attention away from your bird.

[Lance Peters]

Weclome to BPN - Nice first post.
Gorgeous BG - Agree with Gus on the white ZigZag.

Looking forward to seeing more _ Congrats.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Ken,
Big BPN welcome from Gloscestershire!! Are you based in the UK?
Beautiful bird - I know how restricting those public hides can be!
Regards,
Nicki

[Alfred Forns]

Big Time Welcome Ken !!!! Great first post You got my nemesis bird :)

Great suggestions Particularly would like to see the zip line in the bg smooth/eliminated Do like the pose and bg !!! Big Congrats on your new lens !!!

[ken broadmore]

a big thank you to all for the great welcome and to the comments that you have made, i have had an attempt to adjust the photo but my pp skills are limited and not very good so i don't know if i've messed up? once again thanks to all.

[ken broadmore]

Hi Ken,
Big BPN welcome from Gloscestershire!! Are you based in the UK?
Beautiful bird - I know how restricting those public hides can be!
Regards,
Nicki

hi nicki yes I'm in the uk i live in birmingham.

[Nonda Surratt]

Big welcome Ken..great looking bird!