Kingfisher and the Spider

[Terry Olmsted]

The top of sailgboat masts make favorite perches for the belted Kingfisher. Spiders appear to like them too. Edmonds Waterfront Nov. 13, 2007.

Canon XTI 400mm f5.6L 1/4000s f5.6 ISO 400 exp comp 0 center wt avg metering

[Anita Rakestraw]

What a cute little fellow he is! And I'm amazed at how well the spider photographed! Neato! Some hot spots in the whites....and I'd do NR on the sky. Thanks for sharing!

[Lana Hays]

Terry
It's the first time that I've seen a "sailing Kingfisher". Rather interesting setting......and the spider is the perfect touch. I agree with Anita about the noise in the BG and the hot spots.

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks very much Anita and Lana for your comments and suggestions. I think I need a better monitor - I don't see the hot spots, but I will work on the noise issue - seems like my perennial problem :)

[Jim Poor]

Very nice. Funny, but I was looking for the spider in the bill of the bird ;)

As for what looks hot and what doesn't, it could be a matter of monitor brightness. One way to check is to open up a curves layer and turn on the option to show clipping. Take a peek at at each end of the spectrum.