Pied Kingfisher

[Stephen Earle]

One from a while ago. 40D, 1/250, f 7.1, ISO 800

[Elmar Venter]

WOW Stephen, this is amazing. Sharpness, great perch, catch, background, wet feathers. Well done. Have you done any work on the background, especially towards the top left corner?

[Bryan Hix]

Love the comp of this one. It appears to be a little contrasty and you might want to clone out the white spots on the perch. Good capture.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent shot, nice details in those wet feathers! Fish is a plus. TFS

[Aidan Briggs]

Love the BG, the prey, and the KF. Exposure is spot on. I wish for a slightly smaller perch. The sharpest focus seems to be on the belly.

[Loukie Viljoen]

This is a good one, mooi.

[Dave Barnes]

Super capture Stephen. Nice detail, HA, exposure and comp.
Something looks a bit odd with the BG top left. (could be from saturation/exposure)
Top of the head looks a bit oversharpened.

[Mark Dumbleton]

Super stuff Stephen! Lovely colours and pose of bird with fish in mouth. Does look a bit oversharpened.

[David Fletcher]

Cracking shot Stephen. Fish adds a lot. Lovely smooth tones and colors in the bg, TL noted and with a tweak as suggested this will polish off nicely.

[Harshad Barve]

this is too good , loved BG , details and fish in mouth
TFS

[Stephen Earle]

Thx guys for the comments and suggestions. To be honest I can't remember what I did to the bg and can't lay my hand on the original cr2.??

[Dr.Pranay Rao Juvvadi]

The BG colour makes the bird stand out. The exposure is great and fish in the beak is a big plus.