Grey Head Kingfisher

[Chris Kotze]

Canon 40D 100-400 l
Ss 1/500ss f 8.0 ISO 400
Large Crop

This is the first time I captured or saw this species in SA

[Morkel Erasmus]

doesn't look like a large crop. pin sharp with vivid colours. nice one Chris! maybe some more space to the right?

[Juan Aragonés]

Instead of the fact that it is a large crop, I like this image a lot. The bird species couldn´t be more cool and beautiful and the light, BG, pose and eye contact are great.

[Aidan Briggs]

Nice soft light, look back pose, and BG. There seems to be a bit of noise in the black feathers from the crop, but it is not bad. Do you know what percent of full frame this is?

[Ramon M. Casares]

I like it, nice head turn, pose, light, BG, perch and colors, IMO sharpnes recented a bit the crop, but it still looks Ok!
Congratulations!

[Blake Shadle]

Nice work. Too bad about the big crop. Soft light works well for the colors of your subject. If this were'nt a big crop I'd recommend taking away a little bit from the left side of the image, making for a stronger composition (IMO). Also, if this were mine, I'd try to remove that little piece of the stick that's coming close to the right edge of the frame.

[Dave Leroy]

Nice photo. Very interesting colour combination for this bird. I like the nice look back pose, sharpness and clear bg. Well done. Dave

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the light, perch, eye contact and BG. Composition works for me, details look good considering the large crop but I might sharpen the bird a bit more if it doesn't bring out artifacts and might remove the brighter areas in the BG at the top.

[Stu Bowie]

You couldnt of asked for a better pose, and you have captured good detail for a large crop. The colours are well exposed, and I agree to move him to the left a bit. Well captured Chris.

[Chris Kotze]

Thanks for all the views and comments