Kingfisher

[Wheeler McDougal Jr.]

I took this image at Viera Wetlands. It is quite a large crop, but I think it turned out to be quite acceptable. All thoughts are welcome.
D300
2009:03:17 15:12:32
850mm
1275mm (in 35mm film)
1/640 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: +1 1/3
ISO: 400
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off
File size: 14.6MB
Image size: 1034 x 722
Color space: AdobeRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Color profile: Adobe RGB (1998)

[Grace Scalzo]

A nice image of a bird that I really hope to photograph some day. I believe that it does suffer from the large crop that you mention, and to my eye, there's no need for the bird to be quite so large in the frame, so if this were mine, I'd recompose it. The steep angle is not ideal.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Always great to get to photograph this skittish species. The large crop really shows since there is a lack of details. I also wish for a lower angle.