Kingfisher

[William Currie]

Photographed this over on Gabriola Island BC at my friend Teds house sat in a blind for a long time but it paid off.I no the whites in the neck are blown but not much i can do .I still like the image Mark II N 500 F4 1.4 converter @ 1/500 F5.6 ISO400 +1/3

[Philip Lombard]

An outstanding image. Would have lked it if the whole head was sharp but at F 5.6 that is what we get.BG and perch work well.

[John Cooper]

Hi William. This is a lovelly portrait of the kigfisher. Yes, whites can be a problem but I would have metered for the whites, retaining detail, and working on the exposure in PS.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Nice pose and details. Too bad about the overexposed whites. You could have dialed in negative exposure compensation to avoid it. If it is a RAW file, you still might be able to recover the whites.