kingfisher in flight

[Paolo Piazza]

f8 1/800 600 mm 2 mp iso 640 EC-0.7


mark III canon 300 2.8 with 2X TC

[Harold Davis]

just need a closer bird and more focal length, paolo. exposure looks great and you got a nice pose on the bird. as is, might crop some off the left for a nice avianscape.

[Jay Gould]

Hi Paolo, love the colors of the Kingfisher.

I played with the image to see if a significant crop would make a difference; unfortunately it softened it too much.

I assume you are using a 1D3 which has a 1.3 cropped screen so that your focal length was 780mm.

I have, so far love, and recognize the limitations of the 300 when it comes to distance.

Your great capture seems a bit lost against the BG as the colors are complimentary rather than contrast and cause the bird to pop. If I had the skill I would be tempted to play with the BG to see if I could make the bird "pop".

Keep 'em coming!

[Desmond Chan]

Like the perspective and wing positions. Some more sharpening should improve the final appearance of the image.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Paolo - think there may be a issue with your resizing of this image - I downloaded it to make some tweaks - In photoshop this image shows up as....

0.393 pixels per inch
6541542 inches wide
366492 inches high

Doesnt seem quite right to me.

There is a sticky above the threads on how to resize - if yo need any help PM me.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Paolo

These guys are tough and I'm still looking for my first one :) Do check on the downsizing thread !!! Will make a difference in quality !!!

[Cheryl Flory]

Great catch, Paolo!! I've only seen kingfishers twice, and they are very fast!

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Paolo,
I like the capture, would have liked to have seen the bird lower in the focal plane and would recommend a pano crop for this image...looking forward to your next one...:cool: