Kingfisher

[Dany Tielens]

Kingfisher hovering in golden october light..grtz!

Canon Eos 50D - ISO 125 - f/5.6 @ 1/500 Sec - Focal Length 400mm

[Tony Whitehead]

Good catch, Dany. Good sharpness on the body and nice pose and wing position. Pushing up your ISO will buy you a bit more shutter speed and gain some definition in the wings while still retaining some motion blur in the tips. The image looks a bit soft and BG noise at that ISO suggests it may be a significant crop. I would clone the bright spots off the beak as these have been accentuated by sharpening for web presentation. Look forward to more of your shots.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose, eye contact, BG and crop idea. Please post the techs and keep them coming!

[bill kominsky]

Agree with the above but please include the specs, very nicely done.

Bill

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Dany,

It was tough for me to read the specs included on the right side of the picture in small font. I like the pose and the crop. Tony has already covered most of the points. I wouldn't mind the wing blur if the eye were sharp. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Doug Brown]

Good advice by Tony. For flight with the 50D I use ISO 400 at a minimum, and usually ISO 800.

[Neil Losin]

Nice! I like the wing blur and the complementary BG color. Great placement of the bird in the frame, too.