This one almost full frame without a reed blocking his beak. Any suggestions as to the most 'natural' way to eliminate the reed shadow on his body or should I leave it?
Canon 1D Mark 111
500 mm f4
ASA 400
1/800 @ f8
Handheld
Nice light Deborah and great colours. Would sharpen the bird a bit more and the eye for sure. You did well to get this capture. Think it would be hard to clone out the shadow. Keep trying!!!
Hi Deborah,
I like this little fellow, very nice colors...my recommendation is to clone out the diagonal out of focus yellow/green band in the background, its distracting from your subject...also you can fill in texture in the areas of the shadow made by the reed...looking forward to your next one...:cool:
Hi Debbie - Great light - like the golden colours..the oof reedin the bg is distracting primarily because its brighternthan the surrounding colours. (forms a line of contrast which draws your eye straight to it)
Your head angle is good on like the pose - perch is good as well (small perch - small bird) the shadow across the bird is unfortunate - try to always keep the sun at your back.
Looking forward to more
Thanks one and all for suggestions and advice - until now had not noticed how great the distraction the oof reed was, I was so relieved to get this full frame. Lance, as for sun position, there was no choice in order to try to catch the bird without anything obstructing it - was in a small boat in the reeds and afraid that any movement would cause the bird to fly off - we had quietly floated up to it after an 'insurance' shot further away. Although don't mind getting wet for a good shot the presence of crocodiles was somewhat a discouragement :D .
i was just out looking at a few belted kingfishers wondering how i could ever get a good shot of one and you get this guy, which is a little smaller, at almost full frame! nice job!!! i would clone out the oof reed. the shadow on the bird doesnt bother me as much but is doable too. i may sharpen the bird a touch more too. congrats on the image!!!
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