Kingfisher

[Daniel Stenberg]

This kingfisher is wintering in what I would call a ditch a bit south from where I live. It has been quite cold in Sweden for a time now, and the ditch has almost freezed over and the open water that this fellow has to fish in is just about 6x2 meters wide, and thats not much for a kingfisher. This, on the other hand, means that it gets easy to photograph if you take it slow and plan carefully. The welfare of subjects are no 1...

D200, 600/4 VR, 1.4x, tripod, f/5.6, 1/45, ISO 400, hide

Thanks for watching.

// Daniel

[Daniel Cadieux]

Overall very beautiful. I love the BG. Exposure and sharpness are good. I'm only finding the composition a wee bit tight, and I would investigate the possibility of eliminating the thin shadow streak on the bird (via QM, clone, patch ).

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, details and eye contact. I agree regarding removing the shadow crossing the bird's chest.

[Per-Gunnar Ostby]

I agree with all the above. Beautiful llight, bg, pose. But do remove the shadow

[Stu Bowie]

pin sharp, and the colours look well exposed. Agree with removing the line across the body. Still a great image.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Gorgeous image with excellent lighting , exposure and detail. The BG is wonderful and as mentioned it would be nice to see a touch more canvas. Congratulations Daniel on a fine image !!!

[Juan Aragonés]

Superb image Daniel. I love the sweet BG and the fantastic rendering of the plumage. Colorurs couldn´t be better and the bird´s pose is nailed.Very good job!

[Arthur Morris]

In addition to the excellent comments and suggestions above I would add that I love the hint of patterns of branches in the BKGR.

[Tony House]

Nice work Daniel, colours and sharpness look great, agree about trying to clone out the thin shadow across the breast....


Tony